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Is Harrisburg, NC tap water safe?

12 utilities serve Harrisburg, 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

3 of the 12 utilities serving Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg, Rocky River Plantation S/D and Stones Throw MHP.

Town of Harrisburg, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 61.9 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Harrisburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

2 more utilities in Harrisburg

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

  • Brookdale Developmentserves 81 people · lists Harrisburg among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • McMillian Acres S/Dserves 71 people · lists Harrisburg 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 Town of Harrisburg’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 Harrisburg

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

  • K & W Laboratories, LLC

    Midland, NC · about 9 miles

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

    (704) 888-1211

  • Chem-Bac Labs, Inc.

    Charlotte, NC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 394-6381

  • Pace Analytical Services- Huntersville NC

    Huntersville, NC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (803) 227-2702

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Harrisburg

Which ZIP codes are in Harrisburg: 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 Harrisburg

Other towns in Cabarrus County with a page of their own.

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