Is Long View, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 6 utilities serving Long View has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Icard Township Water Corp.
City of Hickory, 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 Long View’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Hickory
North Carolina · serves 71,393 people · about 1,800 in Long View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Longview
North Carolina · serves 5,244 people · about 160 in Long View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Burke Co. Water - South
North Carolina · serves 5,207 people · under 100 in Long View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Alexander Co WTR Dist
North Carolina · serves 13,064 people · under 100 in Long View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Icard Township Water Corp
North Carolina · serves 7,821 people · under 100 in Long View
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Homestead S/D Water System
North Carolina · serves 389 people · under 100 in Long View
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Long View
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Long View, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Catawba County Health Department
Hickory, NC · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Granite Falls, NC · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Lincoln County Health Department
Lincolnton, NC · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Long View: 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 Long View
Other towns in Catawba County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Hickory’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