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Is Jacksonville, NC tap water safe?

13 utilities serve Jacksonville, 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

6 of the 13 utilities serving Jacksonville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority, City of Jacksonville, USMC Lejeune - - Hadnot Point and 3 more.

Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 29.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.

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 Jacksonville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

3 more utilities in Jacksonville

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

  • Osprey Cove 1serves 475 people · lists Jacksonville among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Summersill Estates No 1serves 163 people · lists Jacksonville among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Southgate MHPserves 94 people · lists Jacksonville among the places it serves · 5 health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Jacksonville

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

  • Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental

    Jacksonville, NC · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (910) 392-0223

  • Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab

    New Bern, NC · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (252) 636-4920

  • Carteret County Environmental Health

    Morehead City, NC · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (252) 728-8499

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Jacksonville

Which ZIP codes are in Jacksonville: 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 Jacksonville

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

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