Is White Plains, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving White Plains 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 Mount Airy, 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 White Plains’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Mount Airy
North Carolina · serves 10,685 people · about 280 in White Plains
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Wedgewood/Town and Country Woods
North Carolina · serves 587 people · under 100 in White Plains
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near White Plains
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to White Plains, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Surry County Health Dept.
Dobson, NC · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria
Southwest Soils and Water Testing
Hillsville, VA · about 20 miles
Certified for bacteria
EMSL Analytical, Inc.-Kernersville
Kernersville, NC · about 40 miles
Certified for asbestos
ZIP codes in White Plains
Which ZIP codes are in White Plains: 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 White Plains
Other towns in Surry County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Mount Airy’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