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Is Mount Holly, NC tap water safe?

11 utilities serve Mount Holly, 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

None of the 11 utilities serving Mount Holly has 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 Mount Holly, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 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 Mount Holly’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

1 more utility in Mount Holly

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

  • Holly Acresserves 137 people · lists Mount Holly among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Mount Holly’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Mount Holly

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 Holly, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Chem-Bac Labs, Inc.

    Charlotte, NC · about 8 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 394-6381

  • Charlotte Water - Environmental Lab Services

    Charlotte, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (704) 336-3690

  • Eurofins Charlotte

    Charlotte, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (704) 529-6364

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Mount Holly

Which ZIP codes are in Mount Holly: 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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