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Is Stanley, NC tap water safe?

13 utilities serve Stanley, 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

3 of the 13 utilities serving Stanley have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Lincoln County WTP, Town of Stanley and Mobile Home Park Haven.

Lincoln County WTP, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOA at 5.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Stanley’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

3 more utilities in Stanley

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Stanley than those above.

  • Countryside Estates MHPserves 99 people · under 100 in Stanley · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Mobile Home Park Havenserves 142 people · lists Stanley among the places it serves · 1 health-based violation since 2016
  • Green Road Water Systemserves 41 people · lists Stanley among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Lincoln County WTP’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 Stanley

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

  • Pace Analytical Services- Huntersville NC

    Huntersville, NC · about 10 miles

    Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (803) 227-2702

  • Chem-Bac Labs, Inc.

    Charlotte, NC · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 394-6381

  • Charlotte Water - Environmental Lab Services

    Charlotte, NC · about 15 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (704) 336-3690

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Stanley

Which ZIP codes are in Stanley: 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 Stanley

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