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Is Horse Shoe, NC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Horse Shoe, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Horse Shoe has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: City of Asheville.

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 Horse Shoe’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Horse Shoe

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 Horse Shoe, 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

  • Byers Environmental, Inc.

    Pisgah Forest, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 577-9916

  • Royal Water Works Inc.

    Pisgah Forest, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 506-5572

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Horse Shoe

Which ZIP codes are in Horse Shoe: 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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