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Is Reidsville, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Reidsville, 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

7 of the 15 utilities serving Reidsville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: City of Reidsville, Dan River Water Inc, Rockingham County 158 Corridor and 4 more.

City of Reidsville, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 4.0 ppt, 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 Reidsville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Reidsville

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Reidsville than those above.

  • Colonial Villageserves 71 people · under 100 in Reidsville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Shady Acres MHPserves 50 people · under 100 in Reidsville · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Pleasant Ridge MHPserves 269 people · under 100 in Reidsville · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Dogwood MHPserves 228 people · lists Reidsville among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Dogwood Acres Mh S/Dserves 88 people · lists Reidsville among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Reidsville’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 Reidsville

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 Reidsville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Meritech, Inc.

    Reidsville, NC · under a mile

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (336) 342-4748

  • Pace Analytical Services- Eden NC

    Eden, NC · about 12 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (803) 227-2702

  • Guilford County Health Dept.

    Greensboro, NC · about 16 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 641-4607

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Reidsville

Which ZIP codes are in Reidsville: 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 Reidsville

Other towns in Rockingham County with a page of their own.

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