Is North Topsail Beach, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority serves North Topsail Beach. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 29.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 North Topsail Beach
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to North Topsail Beach, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cape Fear Analytical, LLC
Wilmington, NC · about 28 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
Environmental Chemists, Inc.
Wilmington, NC · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Which ZIP codes are in North Topsail Beach: 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 North Topsail Beach
Other towns in Onslow County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water