Is Kings Mountain, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Kings Mountain has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Kings Mountain.
Cleveland County Water, 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 Mountain’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Cleveland County Water
North Carolina · serves 59,395 people · about 1,700 in Kings Mountain
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Town of Kings Mountain
North Carolina · serves 14,784 people · about 1,600 in Kings Mountain
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 48.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Crowder Ridge MHP
North Carolina · serves 30 people · under 100 in Kings Mountain
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Kings Mountain
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Kings Mountain, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Gaston County Health Dept.
Gastonia, NC · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Lincoln County Health Department
Lincolnton, NC · about 18 miles
Certified for bacteria
Kace Environmental Inc.
Mooresboro, NC · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
ZIP codes in Kings Mountain
Which ZIP codes are in Kings Mountain: 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 Mountain
Other towns in Gaston County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cleveland County Water’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