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Is Hays, NC tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Hays, 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

3 of the 4 utilities serving Hays have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Blue Ridge Water Association, Mulberry - Fairplains WTR Assoc and West Wilkes WTR Association Inc.

Blue Ridge Water Association, 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 Hays’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Hays

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

  • Surry County Health Dept.

    Dobson, NC · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 401-8325

  • Aqua Tech Service and Consulting

    Boone, NC · about 29 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 773-0971

  • Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Granite Falls, NC · about 34 miles

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

    (828) 396-4444

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Hays

Which ZIP codes are in Hays: 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 Hays

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