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Is Summerfield, NC tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Summerfield, 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 15 utilities serving Summerfield have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Henson Farms S/D, Rockingham County 158 Corridor and Armfield S/D Phase Ib.

The Vineyards at Summerfield SD, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 4.9 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 Summerfield’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Summerfield

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

  • Bridle Wood S/Dserves 25 people · nearly all in Summerfield · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Southern Woods S/Dserves 66 people · under 100 in Summerfield · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Armfield S/D Phase Ibserves 86 people · under 100 in Summerfield · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Ridgewood S/Dserves 668 people · lists Summerfield among the places it serves · no health-based violations since 2016
  • Triple Lakes S/Dserves 315 people · lists Summerfield 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 The Vineyards at Summerfield SD’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Summerfield

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

  • Specialty LLC

    Greensboro, NC · about 9 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (336) 510-7333

  • Guilford County Health Dept.

    Greensboro, NC · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 641-4607

  • EMSL Analytical, Inc.-Kernersville

    Kernersville, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (336) 992-1025

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Summerfield

Which ZIP codes are in Summerfield: 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 Summerfield

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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