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Is Rolesville, NC tap water safe?

9 utilities serve Rolesville, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 9 utilities serving Rolesville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Deerchase S/D.

City of Raleigh, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 5.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from City of Raleigh is soft, an average of 25 mg/L (1.5 grains per gallon). How it compares.

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 Rolesville’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 City of Raleigh’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 Rolesville

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

  • Wake County Human Services-Public Health Ctr.

    Raleigh, NC · about 14 miles

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

    (919) 250-4437

  • NC State Lab of Public Health

    Raleigh, NC · about 15 miles

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

    (919) 733-7308

  • RTI International

    Research Triangle Park, NC · about 18 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (919) 485-5520

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Rolesville

Which ZIP codes are in Rolesville: 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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