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Official source aggregationWater quality in Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Orange County.
Historical measurement record needs context
- Largest possible serving system
- Stoneridge Master
- Source water
- Groundwater + Surface water
- County
- Orange County
- Profile updated
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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What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
No active flag
0 active health-based records
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
10 systems
Serves 681 people system-wide
Match the name on your water bill
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.
Stoneridge Master
NC0368185 · Groundwater · 681 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 (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
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Copper (90th percentile)
EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples
- Reported level
- 1.595 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
123% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Violation history (5)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Jan 29, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| TTHM | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to May 21, 2024 |
Beechwood Cove/polks Landing
NC0319110 · Surface water · 406 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 (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
- 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
- Reported level
- 1.6 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
123% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1994 to Jun 30, 1994
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
Colvard Farms S/d
NC4019004 · Groundwater · 365 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
- Reported level
- 0.0019 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | Resolved | Jan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026 |
Chatham S/d
NC0319104 · Surface water · 365 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 (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
- 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
- Reported level
- 2.02 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
155% 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.
Ridgewood Mhp
NC0368130 · Groundwater · 330 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
- 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 (62)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Public Notice | Addressed | Feb 15, 2026 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Feb 1, 2026 to Feb 28, 2026 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Addressed | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | Resolved | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Jun 2, 2025 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | Resolved | Oct 17, 2024 to Jun 2, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Nov 17, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Addressed | Feb 23, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Addressed | Feb 23, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Addressed | Feb 23, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 23, 2024 to Jan 24, 2025 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Vinyl chloride | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Toluene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Ethylbenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Styrene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Xylenes, Total | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Benzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Trichloroethylene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | Resolved | Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Dec 29, 2023 |
| Nitrate | Resolved | Jul 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Oct 29, 2022 to Jan 27, 2023 |
| Nitrate | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Aug 26, 2021 |
| Nitrate | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | May 30, 2021 to Nov 23, 2021 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | May 30, 2021 to Nov 23, 2021 |
| Nitrate | Resolved | Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021 |
Robin`s Wood
NC0368145 · Groundwater · 246 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 (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
- 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
- Reported level
- 1.4 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
108% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Dec 5, 2024 |
Northwood S/d
NC0368179 · Groundwater · 208 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 (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
- 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
- Reported level
- 3.69 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
284% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011
Violation history (0)
No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.
The Trails S/d
NC0368182 · Groundwater · 200 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
- Reported level
- 0 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
0% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Violation history (3)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | May 11, 2025 to Jun 13, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Aug 15, 2021 to Jan 25, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2021 to Oct 14, 2021 |
Bingham Woods Mhp
NC0368188 · Groundwater · 190 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
- 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 (2)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 17, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Jun 18, 2021 to Jul 9, 2021 |
Woodbridge S/d
NC0319135 · Groundwater · 143 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 (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
- 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
- Reported level
- 1.5 mg/L
- Action level
- 1.3 mg/L
115% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2017 to Jun 30, 2017
Violation history (1)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024 |
Hardness meter
What does nearby environmental evidence show?
46.1
PPM as CaCO₃
Soft
PPM
46.1
GPG
2.7
Regional environmental evidence
USGS hardness classification scale
46.1 PPM
Soft
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
Parts per million
46.1
mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent
Grains per gallon
2.7
1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM
How to use regional evidence
These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.
USGS sites used
8
Nearest site
11.7 mi
Observation range
Mar 29, 2018–Dec 18, 2019
Regional evidence confidence
Low
Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: DR-081 MW-10 NEAR WEAVER, NC REGOLITH (Well).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.
Regional context
Is 27514 typical?
These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.
Chapel Hill median
48 PPM
About the same4 indexed ZIP readings · Range 46.1–136 PPM
North Carolina median
45 PPM
About the same247 indexed ZIP readings · Range 3.1–269 PPM
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
Confirm the serving system
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
A reported action-level record needs context. Check its monitoring period and the utility's current report.
Find an official utility report →Test for the decision you face
Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.
Convert your hardness test result →Nearby indexed reports
More local profiles in Chapel Hill
Estimates can differ across a city because monitoring locations and associated systems differ.
Frequently asked
Water questions for Chapel Hill
Is tap water safe in Chapel Hill?+
EPA ECHO shows no active health-based violation for the associated systems in this reporting snapshot. This does not prove every contaminant is absent; federal records can lag and household plumbing can change tap conditions.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.