Is Mountain Home, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
City of Hendersonville serves Mountain Home. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above the health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Uranium at 0.21 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Mountain Home
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Mountain Home, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Henderson County Health Department
Hendersonville, NC · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria
James & James Environmental Management, Inc.
Hendersonville, NC · about 4 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics
Vital Drop Water Solutions
Arden, NC · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Mountain Home: 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 Mountain Home
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