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Water hardness in Beaufort

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
5
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Beaufort, Town Of

NC0416010 · Groundwater · 4,452 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.004 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

27% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.35 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

104% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1993 to Jun 30, 1993

Violation history (4)
Imported violation history for Beaufort, Town Of
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022
TTHMResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022

North River/mill Creek Water Service Dis

NC0416197 · Groundwater · 4,417 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.004 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

27% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.476 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

114% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2022

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Eastman Creek Landing S/d

NC7016013 · Groundwater · 335 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Eastman Creek Landing S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Mar 8, 2023

Down East Mhp

NC0416117 · Groundwater · 107 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
2.9025 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

223% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2011

Violation history (9)
Imported violation history for Down East Mhp
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Nov 14, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Nov 7, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Nov 30, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Apr 11, 2022
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Feb 7, 2022
Public NoticeAddressedOct 22, 2015

Seagate Iv

NC0416187 · Groundwater · 105 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City summary

What the indexed records say

Beaufort has 1 published ZIP profile across Carteret County. The regional-evidence median is 269 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
11.9 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 1Low: 0

Observation window: Aug 8, 2022 to Jul 16, 2024.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Beaufort

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

28516

Very Hard

269 PPM

Nearest site
11.9 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Beaufort

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.