Is Rosman, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Rosman 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 Rosman and Ridge Haven Conference Center.
City of Brevard, 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 Rosman’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Brevard
North Carolina · serves 11,336 people · under 100 in Rosman
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Rosman
North Carolina · serves 650 people · under 100 in Rosman
1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 1.5 ppm, above the action level.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Ridge Haven Conference Center
North Carolina · serves 100 people · lists Rosman among the places it serves
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.5 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Rosman
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Rosman, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Transylvania County Env. Health
Brevard, NC · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria
Byers Environmental, Inc.
Pisgah Forest, NC · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria
Royal Water Works Inc.
Pisgah Forest, NC · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Rosman: 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 Rosman
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Brevard’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