Is Hayesville, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Hayesville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Clay Co Water & Sewer District.
Clay Co Water & Sewer District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.11 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 Hayesville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Clay Co Water & Sewer District
North Carolina · serves 1,965 people · under 100 in Hayesville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.11 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Chatuge Village
North Carolina · serves 267 people · lists Hayesville among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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The Ridges at Mountain Harbor
North Carolina · serves 160 people · lists Hayesville among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Eagle'S View S/D
North Carolina · serves 127 people · lists Hayesville among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Hayesville
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Hayesville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Clay County Health Department
Hayesville, NC · under a mile
Certified for bacteria
EAS Testing Laboratory
Franklin, NC · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Macon County Health Dept.
Franklin, NC · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Hayesville
Which ZIP codes are in Hayesville: 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 Hayesville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Clay Co Water & Sewer District’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water