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Is Dallas, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Dallas, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

3 of the 15 utilities serving Dallas have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Dallas, Forest Hill MHP and Donna - Lynn MHP.

Town of Dallas, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 97.6 ppb, above the legal limit.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Dallas’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Dallas

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Dallas than those above.

  • Donna - Lynn MHPserves 149 people · under 100 in Dallas · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Knollwood S/Dserves 46 people · under 100 in Dallas · no health-based violations since 2016
  • College Park SDserves 208 people · lists Dallas among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Windsor Heights MHPserves 178 people · lists Dallas among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Gallagher Trails S/Dserves 109 people · lists Dallas among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Dallas’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Dallas

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Dallas, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Lincoln County Health Department

    Lincolnton, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 736-8636

  • Gaston County Health Dept.

    Gastonia, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 853-5200

  • Chem-Bac Labs, Inc.

    Charlotte, NC · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 394-6381

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Dallas

Which ZIP codes are in Dallas: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Dallas

Other towns in Gaston County with a page of their own.

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