Water Quality in Hickory, NC (28658)

EPA violation data for public water systems serving ZIP code 28658.

No Health-Based Violations

None of the 109 water systems serving this ZIP have exceeded federal contaminant limits in the past 5 years. There are43 monitoring/reporting violations (missed testing deadlines), all resolved.

Better than 89% of US ZIP codes.

Based on EPA compliance data. Not a substitute for an official water quality report from your utility.

26,336

Population

109

Water Systems

43

Violations (5yr)

0

Health-Based

Location

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Water Systems Serving This Area (109)

Hickory City Of

Surface water 75,654 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Newton, City Of

All resolved
Surface water 18,407 people served
40 violations (5yr) · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Conover, City Of

Purchased surface water 15,347 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Fred T Foard High School

Groundwater 840 people served
0 violations

Bandy High School

Groundwater 800 people served
0 violations

Startown Elementary School

Groundwater 700 people served
0 violations

Charles H Tuttle Mid School

Groundwater 650 people served
0 violations

Balls Creek Elem School

Groundwater 650 people served
0 violations

Blackburn Middle School

Groundwater 500 people served
0 violations

Banoak Elem School

Groundwater 358 people served
0 violations

Fat Boys

Groundwater 350 people served
0 violations

Startown Fish Camp

Groundwater 225 people served
0 violations

St Pauls Ev Luth Ch

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Skateland

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Dubs Drive-In

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Butcher Boy Cafe

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Mt Olive Lutheran Ch

Groundwater 200 people served
0 violations

Sardis Evangelical Church

Groundwater 160 people served
0 violations

Catawba Co-Island Pt/Sher Ford

Purchased surface water 152 people served
0 violations

Drums Dairy House

Groundwater 150 people served
0 violations

Nc Prison Camp

Groundwater 150 people served
0 violations

Friendship Methodist Church

Groundwater 140 people served
0 violations

Bakers Mountain Park

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Snack Bar 3

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

St Pauls Reformed Church

Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations

Startown First Baptist Church

Groundwater 80 people served
0 violations

Chapel View Circle

Groundwater 76 people served
0 violations

Wesley Chapel Meth Ch

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

Christian Tours

Groundwater 75 people served
3 violations (5yr)
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb)

Als Country Kitchen

Groundwater 75 people served
0 violations

Hall Mhp

Groundwater 66 people served
0 violations

Prestige I

Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations

Bd&D Trucking

Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations

Bolic Apartments

Groundwater 60 people served
0 violations

Dixie Park

Groundwater 56 people served
0 violations

Eastway S/D

Groundwater 53 people served
0 violations

Mt Olive Mhp

Groundwater 51 people served
0 violations

Faith Baptist Church

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Grace Baptist Church

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

New Horizon Ministries

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Grace Lutheran Church

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Spring Meadow Mhp

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Piedmont Grill

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

New Hope Moravian Church

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

New Life Fellowship Church

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Emmanuel Temple Holiness Ch

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Dot I-85 Exit 13 Weigh Station

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Midway Service Ctr

Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations

Punch & Judy Kindergarten

Groundwater 49 people served
0 violations

Crabtree Meadows S/D

Groundwater 48 people served
0 violations

New River Fabrics

Groundwater 46 people served
0 violations

Mt Olin Ame Zion Church

Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations

Delmont Acres S/D

Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations

Greater Faith Baptist Church

Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations

King`S Way Baptist Church

Groundwater 45 people served
0 violations

Rowe Development

Groundwater 44 people served
0 violations

Sigmons Trailer Pk

Groundwater 44 people served
0 violations

I-40 Mobile Home Sales

Groundwater 42 people served
0 violations

Tuckers Grill

Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations

Union Mills Cafe

Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations

Iglesia Jesus Es Mi Roca

Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations

Brad Holland

Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations

Hickory Texaco

Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations

Country Vieux Mhp

Groundwater 38 people served
0 violations

Goforth Service Station

Groundwater 38 people served
0 violations

Country Club Heights

Groundwater 36 people served
0 violations

Open Word Holiness Church

Groundwater 36 people served
0 violations

Sam Caldwell Mhp

Groundwater 36 people served
0 violations

Billy Hamlet

Groundwater 36 people served
0 violations

Coulter`S Grove Ame Zion Ch

Groundwater 35 people served
0 violations

Self Lumber Co

Groundwater 35 people served
0 violations

Alexander Shores #2

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Wray Frazier Camping Center

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Alexander Shores #1

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Word Of Life Full Gospel Ch

Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations

Davids Trailer Pk

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Little Miss & Masters

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Balls Creek Estates

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

New Jerusalem Baptist Church

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Lail Golf Course

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Commercial Fabricators Inc

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Riverbend Park

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Mountain Creek Park Bike Pump Track

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Buffalo Shoals Super Mkt/Hwd

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Sigmon Abattoir

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

M W Raybon Mobile Hm

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

D D Fulbright Gro

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Balls Creek Bait & Tackle

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Drums Service Sta

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Mayberrys Store

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Dowel Craft

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Mountain Creek Park Main Office

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Crossroads Serv Sta

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Balls Creek Bait & Tackle

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Cardinal Est

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

C & S Mobile Homes

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Catawba Country Club

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Double Deck Billards

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Startown Mobil

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

De Caldwell Pure Oil

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

I-40 M-H Park #2

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Mountain Creek Park Lake Front

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Balls Creek Tire Co

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Startown Optimist Pk

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Jarretts Ser St

Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations

Catawba Co-Molly'S Backbone

Purchased surface water 6 people served
0 violations

Balls Crk Independent Baptist

Groundwater 0
0 violations

Food Mart

Groundwater 0
0 violations

Rhoneys Chapel Ame Zion Church

Groundwater 0
0 violations

Contaminants Found

Revised Total Coliform RuleMonitoring

Missed testing deadlines — not a detection of bacteria.

3 violations
All resolved
TTHMMonitoring
2 violations
All resolved
Lead and Copper RuleMonitoring

Lead and copper testing requirement. Lead exposure can cause developmental harm in children.

2 violations
Has active
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring
1 violation
All resolved
SeleniumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
StyreneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CYANIDEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
DICHLOROMETHANEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TolueneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
NickelMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Beryllium, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Antimony, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TrichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
FluorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
NitrateMonitoring

At high levels, nitrate can cause blue baby syndrome in infants.

1 violation
All resolved
1,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
EthylbenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ArsenicMonitoring

A naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other health effects at high levels.

1 violation
All resolved
CHLOROBENZENEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
MercuryMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Thallium, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Vinyl chlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Xylenes, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BariumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CadmiumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ChromiumMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CARBON, TOTALMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved

Lead & Copper Levels

Lead (Pb)

Within limit
0 ppb measured Action level: 15 ppb

Sampled: Jan 2023

How Does This Compare?

Hickory (28658) has more violations than 89% of US ZIP codes. The national average is 18.87 violations per ZIP over 5 years. This ZIP has 43, most of which are monitoring/reporting issues.

Fewer violations 89th percentile More violations

Water Filter Recommendations

No contaminant issues detected. For general protection, a basic carbon filter removes common impurities like chlorine and sediment. Look for NSF/ANSI 42 certified products.

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