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Is Flat Rock, NC tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Flat Rock, 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.

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The short answer

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

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 Flat Rock’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Flat Rock

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

  • Toe River Health District - Avery County

    Newland, NC · about 24 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 733-6031

  • Catawba County Health Department

    Hickory, NC · about 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 695-5815

  • Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Granite Falls, NC · about 27 miles

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

    (828) 396-4444

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Flat Rock

Which ZIP codes are in Flat Rock: 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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