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Is Knightdale, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Knightdale, 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.

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The short answer

4 of the 15 utilities serving Knightdale have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Rockbridge S/D, Amber Acres, Knightdale MHP Estates LLC and 1 more.

Rockbridge S/D, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 10.8 ppb, above the 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 Knightdale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Knightdale

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

  • Knightdale MHP Estates LLCserves 285 people · about 100 in Knightdale · 13 health-based violations since 2016
  • Oakes Plantation S/Dserves 60 people · nearly all in Knightdale · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Pine Country Estatesserves 44 people · nearly all in Knightdale · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Baywood Forest S/Dserves 533 people · under 100 in Knightdale · 4 health-based violations since 2016
  • City of Raleighserves 650,000 people · under 100 in Knightdale · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Rockbridge S/D’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Knightdale

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

  • Wake County Human Services-Public Health Ctr.

    Raleigh, NC · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (919) 250-4437

  • NC State Lab of Public Health

    Raleigh, NC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (919) 733-7308

  • Eurofins Built Env. Testing East - Cary

    Cary, NC · about 17 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (919) 481-1413

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Knightdale

Which ZIP codes are in Knightdale: 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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