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Water hardness in Murphy

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Your tap water

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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.

Murphy, Town Of

NC0120010 · Surface water · 4,498 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 (6)
Imported violation history for Murphy, Town Of
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2025 to Feb 4, 2026
ChlorineResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
ChlorineResolvedSep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Oct 30, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Apr 4, 2022

Bear Paw Resort

NC0120103 · Groundwater · 909 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 (2)
Imported violation history for Bear Paw Resort
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Jan 2, 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Murphy Mhp

NC0120115 · Groundwater · 51 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
0.006 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

40% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Murphy Mhp
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeAddressedFeb 7, 2019
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2015

The Sanctuary At Vance Mtn

NC1020006 · Groundwater · 30 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, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021

Violation history (29)
Imported violation history for The Sanctuary At Vance Mtn
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeAddressedNov 19, 2025
ChlorineResolvedNov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2025 to Feb 4, 2026
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedApr 11, 2025 to Apr 25, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedOct 1, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedFeb 23, 2024 to Jul 5, 2024
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Public NoticeAddressedSep 22, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Murphy has 1 published ZIP profile across Cherokee 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

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Profiles with evidence
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Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

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ZIP directory

Water reports in Murphy

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ZIP code

28906

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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 Murphy

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.