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Is Edneyville, NC tap water safe?

6 utilities serve Edneyville, 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

2 of the 6 utilities serving Edneyville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Jay Mar Trailer Park and Mountain View Assisted Living.

City of Hendersonville, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.21 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Edneyville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Edneyville

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 Edneyville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Henderson County Health Department

    Hendersonville, NC · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 694-6109

  • James & James Environmental Management, Inc.

    Hendersonville, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (828) 697-0063

  • Vital Drop Water Solutions

    Arden, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 490-5506

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Edneyville

Which ZIP codes are in Edneyville: 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.