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Is Hickory, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Hickory, 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 15 utilities serving Hickory have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Icard Township Water Corp, Town of Rhodhiss and Sherwood Forest S/D.

City of Hickory, 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 Hickory’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Hickory

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

  • Sherwood Forest S/Dserves 160 people · under 100 in Hickory · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Snow Creek Heights Water Systserves 130 people · under 100 in Hickory · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Belle Meade S/Dserves 66 people · nearly all in Hickory · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Jacob`s View S/Dserves 238 people · under 100 in Hickory · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Hidden Creek Estatesserves 340 people · under 100 in Hickory · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Hickory

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

  • Catawba County Health Department

    Hickory, NC · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 695-5815

  • Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Granite Falls, NC · about 8 miles

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

    (828) 396-4444

  • Lincoln County Health Department

    Lincolnton, NC · about 17 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 736-8636

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Hickory

Which ZIP codes are in Hickory: 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.

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