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Is Red Cross, NC tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Red Cross, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 3 utilities serving Red Cross have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Oakboro and Stanfield #3 - Polk Ford/Renee Ford.

Town of Oakboro, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 5.4 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Red Cross’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Oakboro’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Red Cross

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Red Cross, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • K & W Laboratories, LLC

    Midland, NC · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (704) 888-1211

  • Union County Health Department

    Monroe, NC · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 296-4851

  • Pace Analytical Services- Huntersville NC

    Huntersville, NC · about 30 miles

    Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (803) 227-2702

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Red Cross

Which ZIP codes are in Red Cross: 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.

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