Is Potters Hill, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 3 utilities serving Potters Hill has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Duplin County Water System, 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 Potters Hill’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Duplin County Water System
North Carolina · serves 18,542 people · about 170 in Potters Hill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Deep Run Water Corporation
North Carolina · serves 14,196 people · about 100 in Potters Hill
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 11.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Pink Hill
North Carolina · serves 950 people · under 100 in Potters Hill
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Potters Hill
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Potters Hill, 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 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Greenville
Greenville, NC · about 43 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Potters Hill
Which ZIP codes are in Potters Hill: 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 Potters Hill
Other towns in Duplin County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Duplin County Water System’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