Is Mills River, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 8 utilities serving Mills River have 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 Asheville and Cinnamon Woods.
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 Mills River’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Hendersonville
North Carolina · serves 79,278 people · about 2,800 in Mills River
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 0.21 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Asheville
North Carolina · serves 157,431 people · about 2,100 in Mills River
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Country Acres MHP
North Carolina · serves 30 people · nearly all in Mills River
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maple Hills MHP
North Carolina · serves 185 people · about 140 in Mills River
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Cinnamon Woods
North Carolina · serves 288 people · under 100 in Mills River
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Knoll Ridge MHP
North Carolina · serves 75 people · nearly all in Mills River
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Acony Bell Community
North Carolina · serves 82 people · under 100 in Mills River
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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High Vista Estates
North Carolina · serves 775 people · under 100 in Mills River
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Mills River
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Mills River, 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 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Vital Drop Water Solutions
Arden, NC · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria
Byers Environmental, Inc.
Pisgah Forest, NC · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Mills River
Which ZIP codes are in Mills River: 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 Mills River
Other towns in Henderson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Hendersonville’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water