Is New Hope, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving New Hope have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Wayne Water Districts, City of Goldsboro and High Meadows S/D.
Wayne Water Districts, 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 New Hope’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Wayne Water Districts
North Carolina · serves 39,403 people · about 470 in New Hope
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Goldsboro
North Carolina · serves 34,959 people · about 460 in New Hope
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 6.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Walnut Creek Village
North Carolina · serves 950 people · under 100 in New Hope
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 10.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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High Meadows S/D
North Carolina · serves 320 people · lists New Hope among the places it serves
1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 1.7 ppm, above the action level.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Rolling Ridge S/D
North Carolina · serves 61 people · lists New Hope among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near New Hope
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to New Hope, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Greenville
Greenville, NC · about 34 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in New Hope: 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 New Hope
Other towns in Wayne County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Wayne Water Districts’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