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Is Kernersville, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Kernersville, 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 15 utilities serving Kernersville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Abington S/D.

City of Winston - Salem, 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.

The water from City of Winston - Salem is soft, an average of 18 mg/L (1 grain per gallon). How it compares.

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

5 more utilities in Kernersville

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

  • Deerpath S/Dserves 142 people · under 100 in Kernersville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • McBride`s MHPserves 190 people · under 100 in Kernersville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Stonington S/Dserves 58 people · under 100 in Kernersville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Peabody Forest S/Dserves 66 people · under 100 in Kernersville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Abington S/Dserves 1,506 people · lists Kernersville among the places it serves · 1 health-based violation since 2016

Water testing near Kernersville

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

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.-Kernersville

    Kernersville, NC · under a mile

    Certified for asbestos

    (336) 992-1025

  • Specialty LLC

    Greensboro, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (336) 510-7333

  • Dentisafe, Inc.

    Jamestown, NC · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 688-1400

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Kernersville

Which ZIP codes are in Kernersville: 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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