Is Southern Pines, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Southern Pines has 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 Southern Pines.
Town of Southern Pines, 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 Southern Pines’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Southern Pines
North Carolina · serves 24,102 people · about 6,400 in Southern Pines
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Moore Co Public Util - Pinehurst
North Carolina · serves 31,390 people · about 2,900 in Southern Pines
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 9.6 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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East Moore Water District
North Carolina · serves 9,330 people · about 410 in Southern Pines
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 12 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Moore Co Public Util - Hyland SD
North Carolina · serves 340 people · about 100 in Southern Pines
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Clarendon Gardens S/D
North Carolina · serves 276 people · under 100 in Southern Pines
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Southern Pines
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Southern Pines, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cameron Testing Services Inc.
Sanford, NC · about 23 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Microbac - Fayetteville Division
Fayetteville, NC · about 35 miles
Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics
Tri State Water Systems
Randleman, NC · about 47 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Southern Pines: 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 Southern Pines
Other towns in Moore County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Southern Pines’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