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Is Hendersonville, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Hendersonville, 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

8 of the 15 utilities serving Hendersonville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Jay Mar Trailer Park, Fox Ridge S/D, Mountain View Assisted Living and 5 more.

City of Hendersonville, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.21 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 Hendersonville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Hendersonville

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

  • Clear Creek Meadows S/Dserves 124 people · under 100 in Hendersonville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Crab Creek Valley S/Dserves 60 people · under 100 in Hendersonville · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • High Vista Estatesserves 775 people · lists Hendersonville among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • White Oak Villageserves 185 people · lists Hendersonville among the places it serves · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Holly Tree S/Dserves 95 people · lists Hendersonville among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Hendersonville

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

  • James & James Environmental Management, Inc.

    Hendersonville, NC · about 3 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (828) 697-0063

  • Henderson County Health Department

    Hendersonville, NC · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 694-6109

  • Vital Drop Water Solutions

    Arden, NC · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 490-5506

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Hendersonville

Which ZIP codes are in Hendersonville: 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 Hendersonville

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

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