Is Etowah, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Etowah has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Fox Ridge S/D.
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 Etowah’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Hendersonville
North Carolina · serves 79,278 people · about 6,000 in Etowah
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.21 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fletcher Academy Inc
North Carolina · serves 790 people · about 110 in Etowah
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rambling Ridge S/D
North Carolina · serves 200 people · under 100 in Etowah
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Fox Ridge S/D
North Carolina · serves 457 people · under 100 in Etowah
1 result above the action level. The worst: Copper at 1.9 ppm, above the action level.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Etowah
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Etowah, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
James & James Environmental Management, Inc.
Hendersonville, NC · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Byers Environmental, Inc.
Pisgah Forest, NC · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Royal Water Works Inc.
Pisgah Forest, NC · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Etowah: 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.
What to do next
- Read City of Hendersonville’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water