Is Morehead City, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Morehead City have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Morehead City and Brandywine Bay.
Town of Morehead City, 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 Morehead City’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Morehead City
North Carolina · serves 18,846 people · about 3,600 in Morehead City
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Brandywine Bay
North Carolina · serves 2,245 people · about 840 in Morehead City
2 results above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 69.6 ppb, above the legal limit.
6 health-based violations since 2016
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Pine Knoll Shores
North Carolina · serves 4,800 people · about 480 in Morehead City
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Ballou MHP
North Carolina · serves 95 people · nearly all in Morehead City
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Morehead City
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Morehead City, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Carteret County Environmental Health
Morehead City, NC · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 49 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Morehead City: 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 Morehead City
Other towns in Carteret County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Morehead City’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