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Is Winston-Salem, NC tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Winston-Salem, 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 3 utilities serving Winston-Salem 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 Winston-Salem’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Winston-Salem

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 Winston-Salem, 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 10 miles

    Certified for asbestos

    (336) 992-1025

  • Specialty LLC

    Greensboro, NC · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals

    (336) 510-7333

  • Dentisafe, Inc.

    Jamestown, NC · about 20 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (336) 688-1400

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

ZIP codes in Winston-Salem

Which ZIP codes are in Winston-Salem: 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 Winston-Salem

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