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Is Fayetteville, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Cliffdale West, Braxton Hills/Simmons Heights and Raintree MHP.

Fayetteville Public Works Comm, which serves the most people here, has 3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 21.8 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 Fayetteville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Fayetteville

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

  • Brettonwood Hills S/Dserves 187 people · under 100 in Fayetteville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Copeland Acres S/Dserves 200 people · under 100 in Fayetteville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Raintree MHPserves 85 people · under 100 in Fayetteville · 7 health-based violations since 2016
  • Kelly Hill S/Dserves 109 people · under 100 in Fayetteville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Rain Tree II Fayetteville Pwcserves 292 people · lists Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville Public Works Comm’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 Fayetteville

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

  • Microbac - Fayetteville Division

    Fayetteville, NC · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics

    (910) 864-1920

  • TBL

    Lumberton, NC · about 33 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (910) 370-0371

  • Cameron Testing Services Inc.

    Sanford, NC · about 33 miles

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

    (919) 208-4240

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Fayetteville

Which ZIP codes are in Fayetteville: 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 Fayetteville

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