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Is Glenville, NC tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Glenville, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Glenville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Chinquapin Development, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 3.4 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 Glenville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Glenville

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

  • Environmental, Inc.-Sylva

    Sylva, NC · about 14 miles

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

    (828) 586-5588

  • Jackson County Health Dept.

    Sylva, NC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 587-8247

  • Transylvania County Env. Health

    Brevard, NC · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 884-3139

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Glenville

Which ZIP codes are in Glenville: 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 Glenville

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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