Is Jamesville, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Jamesville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Martin Co Water & Sewer Dist I.
Martin Co Water & Sewer Dist I, 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 Jamesville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Martin Co Water & Sewer Dist I
North Carolina · serves 2,245 people · under 100 in Jamesville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Town of Jamesville
North Carolina · serves 440 people · under 100 in Jamesville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Jamesville
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Jamesville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Greenville
Greenville, NC · about 27 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
JLA International, Inc.
Edenton, NC · about 29 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Jamesville
Which ZIP codes are in Jamesville: 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 Jamesville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Martin Co Water & Sewer Dist I’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