Is Swansboro, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Swansboro has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority.
West Carteret Water Corp, 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 Swansboro’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
West Carteret Water Corp
North Carolina · serves 19,512 people · about 440 in Swansboro
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Onslow WTR and Sewer Authority
North Carolina · serves 156,755 people · about 340 in Swansboro
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 29.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Swansboro
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Swansboro, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Carteret County Environmental Health
Morehead City, NC · about 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
Craven County Health Dept.-Env Health Lab
New Bern, NC · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
Beacham Laboratory- Division of Environmental
Jacksonville, NC · about 24 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Swansboro
Which ZIP codes are in Swansboro: 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 Swansboro
Other towns in Onslow County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read West Carteret Water Corp’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