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Is Taylorsville, NC tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Taylorsville, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 4 utilities serving Taylorsville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Alexander Co WTR Dist, 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 Taylorsville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Taylorsville

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

  • Water Tech Laboratories, Inc.

    Granite Falls, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (828) 396-4444

  • Catawba County Health Department

    Hickory, NC · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (828) 695-5815

  • Statesville Analytical, Holdings, LLC

    Statesville, NC · about 21 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (704) 872-4697

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Taylorsville

Which ZIP codes are in Taylorsville: 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 Taylorsville

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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