Is Linville, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 6 utilities serving Linville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Linville Resorts Inc and Linville Land Harbor.
Linville Resorts Inc, 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 Linville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Linville Resorts Inc
North Carolina · serves 499 people · under 100 in Linville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Charles A Cannon Memorial Hospital
North Carolina · serves 320 people · under 100 in Linville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Linville Ridge
North Carolina · serves 710 people · under 100 in Linville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Grandfather Golf & Country Clu
North Carolina · serves 250 people · under 100 in Linville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Mountain Spring Water System
North Carolina · serves 165 people · under 100 in Linville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.69 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Linville Land Harbor
North Carolina · serves 2,280 people · lists Linville among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Linville
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Linville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Toe River Health District - Avery County
Newland, NC · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Quality Lab & Operations
Banner Elk, NC · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Toe River Health District - Mitchell County
Bakersville, NC · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Linville: 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 Linville
Other towns in Avery County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Linville Resorts Inc’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