Is Maggie Valley, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Maggie Valley have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Maggie Valley Sanitary Dist and Smoky Mtn Retreat - Eagle`s Nest.
Maggie Valley Sanitary Dist, 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 Maggie Valley’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Maggie Valley Sanitary Dist
North Carolina · serves 9,629 people · about 210 in Maggie Valley
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Smoky Mtn Retreat - Eagle`s Nest
North Carolina · serves 422 people · lists Maggie Valley among the places it serves
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Maggie Valley
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Maggie Valley, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Haywood County Health & Human Services Agency
Clyde, NC · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria
Environmental, Inc.-Sylva
Sylva, NC · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Jackson County Health Dept.
Sylva, NC · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Maggie Valley: 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 Maggie Valley
Other towns in Jackson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Maggie Valley Sanitary Dist’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