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Water hardness in Boone

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

Utility-reported hardness

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Matched utilities
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Active health records
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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.

Boone, Town Of

NC0195010 · Surface water · 19,811 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
0.0025 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Boone, Town Of
RuleStatusPeriod
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Mar 10, 2023

Appalachian State Univ Wtp

NC0195101 · Surface water · 11,150 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

Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation
Reported level
0.077 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level
0.06 MG/L

128% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Appalachian State Univ Wtp
RuleStatusPeriod
CARBON, TOTALResolvedApr 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
CARBON, TOTALResolvedApr 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Sep 2, 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-basedResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJul 11, 2021 to Jul 12, 2021

Hound Ears Water System

NC0195112 · Groundwater · 975 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.

Cottages Of Boone

NC3095030 · Groundwater · 890 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 (10)
Imported violation history for Cottages Of Boone
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Sep 2, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMay 11, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleAddressedApr 1, 2025
TTHMArchivedJan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ArchivedJan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipateResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jan 26, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedAug 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2022
TTHMResolvedAug 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2022

Echota S/d

NC3095002 · Groundwater · 678 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

Arsenic

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation
Reported level
0.258 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level
0.01 MG/L

2580% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022

Violation history (8)
Imported violation history for Echota S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedApr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedApr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
ArsenicHealth-basedResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021

Powder Horn Mountain

NC0195122 · Groundwater · 548 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
1.37 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

105% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 1993 to Dec 31, 1993

Violation history (0)

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

Ski Mountain S/d

NC0195119 · Groundwater · 397 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.

Bradford Park

NC0195106 · Groundwater · 310 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
2.96 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

228% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1994 to Jun 30, 1994

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Bradford Park
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Jun 9, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Apr 20, 2022
Public NoticeResolvedMay 30, 2021 to Jun 16, 2023

The Bluffs At Blowing Rock

NC3095044 · Groundwater · 254 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: Jul 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for The Bluffs At Blowing Rock
RuleStatusPeriod
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Nov 26, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Nov 26, 2024

Chapel Hill S/d

NC0195108 · Groundwater · 216 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

Find this utility’s official report →
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

Boone has 1 published ZIP profile across Watauga County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

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 hard0 ZIPs

0 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
— miles
Profiles with evidence
0/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Boone

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

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 Boone

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.