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Is Mount Airy, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Mount Airy, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 15 utilities serving Mount Airy has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Inglewood Water System.

City of Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Mount Airy

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Mount Airy than those above.

  • Timberlake Water Systemserves 61 people · under 100 in Mount Airy · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Farm Water System (The)serves 160 people · under 100 in Mount Airy · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Inglewood Water Systemserves 150 people · under 100 in Mount Airy · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Hickory Creek S/Dserves 158 people · under 100 in Mount Airy · no health-based violations since 2016
  • South Ridge S/Dserves 135 people · under 100 in Mount Airy · no health-based violations since 2016

Water testing near Mount Airy

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Mount Airy, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Surry County Health Dept.

    Dobson, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 401-8325

  • Southwest Soils and Water Testing

    Hillsville, VA · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (276) 728-3222

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.-Kernersville

    Kernersville, NC · about 40 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (336) 992-1025

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Mount Airy

Which ZIP codes are in Mount Airy: 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.

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