Is Sneads Ferry, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority serves Sneads Ferry. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and 1 health-based violation since 2016.
The worst: Lithium at 29.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.
Water testing near Sneads Ferry
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Sneads Ferry, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
Cape Fear Analytical, LLC
Wilmington, NC · about 32 miles
Certified for organic chemicals
Environmental Chemists, Inc.
Wilmington, NC · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity
ZIP codes in Sneads Ferry
Which ZIP codes are in Sneads Ferry: 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 Sneads Ferry
Other towns in Onslow County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water