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Is Elon, NC tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Elon, 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

1 of the 4 utilities serving Elon has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: City of Burlington.

Town of Elon, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 9.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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

What handles it

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

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Elon

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

  • Guilford County Health Dept.

    Greensboro, NC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 641-4607

  • Meritech, Inc.

    Reidsville, NC · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (336) 342-4748

  • Scientific Analytical Institute

    Greensboro, NC · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, asbestos

    (336) 292-3888

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Elon

Which ZIP codes are in Elon: 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.

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