Is Kings Grant, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Kings Grant has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Cfpua - Wilmington, 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 Kings Grant’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Cfpua - Wilmington
North Carolina · serves 212,227 people · about 5,700 in Kings Grant
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Northside MHP
North Carolina · serves 180 people · about 140 in Kings Grant
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Glynnwood MHP
North Carolina · serves 208 people · under 100 in Kings Grant
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Kings Grant
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Kings Grant, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cape Fear Analytical, LLC
Wilmington, NC · under a mile
Certified for organic chemicals
Environmental Chemists, Inc.
Wilmington, NC · under a mile
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Onterris Laboratories, LLC- Wilmington
Wilmington, NC · under a mile
Certified for PFAS
ZIP codes in Kings Grant
Which ZIP codes are in Kings Grant: 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 Kings Grant
Other towns in New Hanover County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cfpua - Wilmington’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