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Is Fuquay-Varina, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Fuquay-Varina, 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

2 of the 15 utilities serving Fuquay-Varina have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Fuquay - Varina and West Oaks S/D.

Town of Fuquay - Varina, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 11 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 Fuquay-Varina’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Fuquay-Varina

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Fuquay-Varina than those above.

  • Southwyck S/Dserves 124 people · under 100 in Fuquay-Varina · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Hampton Park SDserves 206 people · under 100 in Fuquay-Varina · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Twin Creeks S/Dserves 127 people · under 100 in Fuquay-Varina · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Holland Downs S/Dserves 50 people · under 100 in Fuquay-Varina · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Jch MHP LLCserves 50 people · under 100 in Fuquay-Varina · 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 Town of Fuquay - Varina’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 Fuquay-Varina

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

  • Eurofins Built Env. Testing East - Cary

    Cary, NC · about 15 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (919) 481-1413

  • Eurofins Raleigh

    Cary, NC · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (919) 467-3090

  • NC State Lab of Public Health

    Raleigh, NC · about 20 miles

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

    (919) 733-7308

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Fuquay-Varina

Which ZIP codes are in Fuquay-Varina: 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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