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Is Rutherford College, NC tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Rutherford College, 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 4 utilities serving Rutherford College 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 Rutherford College and Icard Township Water Corp.

Town of Rutherford College, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 51.8 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Rutherford College’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 Rutherford College’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Rutherford College

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

  • Catawba County Health Department

    Hickory, NC · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 695-5815

  • Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Granite Falls, NC · about 11 miles

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

    (828) 396-4444

  • Lincoln County Health Department

    Lincolnton, NC · about 23 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 736-8636

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Rutherford College

Which ZIP codes are in Rutherford College: 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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