Is Middlesex, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 5 utilities serving Middlesex have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Middlesex Water System and Cedar Lake MHP.
Middlesex Water System, 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 Middlesex’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Middlesex Water System
North Carolina · serves 1,389 people · under 100 in Middlesex
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Neighbor`s Walk S/D
North Carolina · serves 60 people · under 100 in Middlesex
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 8.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Gibson Glen S/D
North Carolina · serves 60 people · under 100 in Middlesex
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Adams MHP
North Carolina · serves 80 people · under 100 in Middlesex
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cedar Lake MHP
North Carolina · serves 124 people · lists Middlesex 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 Middlesex
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Middlesex, 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 17 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Franklin County Health Department
Louisburg, NC · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
Nash County Health Department
Nashville, NC · about 21 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Middlesex: 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 Middlesex
Other towns in Johnston County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Middlesex Water System’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