Is Stokesdale, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 15 utilities serving Stokesdale 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 Stokesdale, Gideon Grove Tp No 1 and Quail Acres MHP.
City of Winston - Salem, 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.
The water from City of Winston - Salem is soft, an average of 18 mg/L (1 grain per gallon). How it compares.
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 Stokesdale’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Winston - Salem
North Carolina · serves 391,900 people · about 1,900 in Stokesdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, an average of 18 mg/L (1 grain per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Stokesdale
North Carolina · serves 2,252 people · about 860 in Stokesdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Cedar Hollow S/D
North Carolina · serves 224 people · nearly all in Stokesdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Colleybrooke S/D
North Carolina · serves 124 people · nearly all in Stokesdale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 10 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Belews Landing S/D
North Carolina · serves 206 people · about 120 in Stokesdale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 13.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Springdale S/D
North Carolina · serves 267 people · about 110 in Stokesdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dorsett Downs S/D
North Carolina · serves 107 people · nearly all in Stokesdale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 13.2 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Providence North S/D
North Carolina · serves 71 people · under 100 in Stokesdale
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.6 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Hunting Ridge S/D
North Carolina · serves 58 people · under 100 in Stokesdale
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Graystone/Smokerise Water System
North Carolina · serves 455 people · under 100 in Stokesdale
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 22.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
5 more utilities in Stokesdale
By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Stokesdale than those above.
- Gideon Grove Tp No 1serves 71 people · under 100 in Stokesdale · 1 health-based violation since 2016
- Quail Acres MHPserves 178 people · under 100 in Stokesdale · 1 health-based violation since 2016
- Arbor Run/Charles Place S/Dserves 576 people · under 100 in Stokesdale · no health-based violations since 2016
- Applegate Water Systemserves 442 people · under 100 in Stokesdale · no health-based violations since 2016
- Meadow Ridge S/Dserves 163 people · under 100 in Stokesdale · no health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Stokesdale
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Stokesdale, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
EMSL Analytical, Inc.-Kernersville
Kernersville, NC · about 6 miles
Certified for asbestos
Specialty LLC
Greensboro, NC · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
Dentisafe, Inc.
Jamestown, NC · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Stokesdale: 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 Stokesdale
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Winston - Salem’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