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Is Saluda, NC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Saluda, 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

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Saluda has 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 Saluda, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 11 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 Saluda’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 Saluda’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 Saluda

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

  • Henderson County Health Department

    Hendersonville, NC · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 694-6109

  • James & James Environmental Management, Inc.

    Hendersonville, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (828) 697-0063

  • Clean Water Labs

    Columbus, NC · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate

    (828) 393-4136

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Saluda

Which ZIP codes are in Saluda: 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 Saluda

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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