Is High Shoals, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 6 utilities serving High Shoals 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 Dallas and Lincoln County WTP.
City of High Shoals, 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 High Shoals’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of High Shoals
North Carolina · serves 729 people · about 370 in High Shoals
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Dallas
North Carolina · serves 8,212 people · about 290 in High Shoals
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 97.6 ppb, above the legal limit.
5 health-based violations since 2016
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Lincoln County WTP
North Carolina · serves 49,693 people · under 100 in High Shoals
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOA at 5.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Ashebrook Park
North Carolina · serves 241 people · under 100 in High Shoals
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 17.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Lincolnton
North Carolina · serves 16,309 people · under 100 in High Shoals
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOA at 6.1 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Two Rivers Utilities
North Carolina · serves 96,714 people · under 100 in High Shoals
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near High Shoals
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to High Shoals, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Lincoln County Health Department
Lincolnton, NC · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria
Gaston County Health Dept.
Gastonia, NC · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Pace Analytical Services- Huntersville NC
Huntersville, NC · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Which ZIP codes are in High Shoals: 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 High Shoals
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of High Shoals’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water