Is Fremont, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Fremont have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Wayne Water Districts and Town of Fremont.
Wayne Water Districts, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Fremont’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Wayne Water Districts
North Carolina · serves 39,403 people · under 100 in Fremont
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Town of Fremont
North Carolina · serves 1,265 people · under 100 in Fremont
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.3 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Fremont
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Fremont, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Nash County Health Department
Nashville, NC · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria
Wake County Human Services-Public Health Ctr.
Raleigh, NC · about 36 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Eurofins Greenville
Greenville, NC · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Fremont
Which ZIP codes are in Fremont: 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 Fremont
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Wayne Water Districts’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water