Is Ogden, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Ogden have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Figure 8 Island and Oyster Point S/D.
Cfpua - Wilmington, 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 Ogden’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Cfpua - Wilmington
North Carolina · serves 212,227 people · about 3,800 in Ogden
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Treasure Cove S/D
North Carolina · serves 760 people · under 100 in Ogden
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Figure 8 Island
North Carolina · serves 999 people · under 100 in Ogden
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Oyster Point S/D
North Carolina · serves 99 people · under 100 in Ogden
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Ogden
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Ogden, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cape Fear Analytical, LLC
Wilmington, NC · about 2 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
Environmental Chemists, Inc.
Wilmington, NC · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
Onterris Laboratories, LLC- Wilmington
Wilmington, NC · about 2 miles
Certified for PFAS
Which ZIP codes are in Ogden: 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 Ogden
Other towns in New Hanover County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Cfpua - Wilmington’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