Is Weaverville, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
5 of the 9 utilities serving Weaverville have 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 Asheville, Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer, Northview MHP and 2 more.
Town of Weaverville, 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 Weaverville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Weaverville
North Carolina · serves 8,359 people · about 420 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Asheville
North Carolina · serves 157,431 people · about 230 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer
North Carolina · serves 10,122 people · about 200 in Weaverville
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 42.1 ppb, above the legal limit.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Northview MHP
North Carolina · serves 516 people · under 100 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Kirk Glen S/D
North Carolina · serves 104 people · under 100 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
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Dogwood Knolls Subdivision
North Carolina · serves 98 people · under 100 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Weaverville Hills MHP
North Carolina · serves 147 people · under 100 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Starview Heights Extension
North Carolina · serves 94 people · under 100 in Weaverville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Shanna Apartments
North Carolina · serves 60 people · lists Weaverville among the places it serves
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Weaverville
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Weaverville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
WNC Independent Labs
Weaverville, NC · about 3 miles
Certified for bacteria
Environmental Testing Solutions, Inc.
Asheville, NC · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Buncombe County Health Dept.
Asheville, NC · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Weaverville: 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 Weaverville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Weaverville’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