Is Wallburg, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Wallburg has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
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 Wallburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Winston - Salem
North Carolina · serves 391,900 people · about 2,900 in Wallburg
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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Davidson Water Inc
North Carolina · serves 154,307 people · about 1,100 in Wallburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Wallburg
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Wallburg, 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 9 miles
Certified for asbestos
Dentisafe, Inc.
Jamestown, NC · about 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
Specialty LLC
Greensboro, NC · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals
ZIP codes in Wallburg
Which ZIP codes are in Wallburg: 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 Wallburg
Other towns in Forsyth County 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