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Is Laurel Park, NC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Laurel Park, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Laurel Park has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

City of Hendersonville, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.21 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Laurel Park’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Laurel Park

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

  • James & James Environmental Management, Inc.

    Hendersonville, NC · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (828) 697-0063

  • Henderson County Health Department

    Hendersonville, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 694-6109

  • Byers Environmental, Inc.

    Pisgah Forest, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 577-9916

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Laurel Park

Which ZIP codes are in Laurel Park: 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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