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Water hardness in Oak Ridge

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

Utility-reported hardness

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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
10
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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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.

Arbor Run/charles Place S/d

NC3041039 · Groundwater · 576 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
0.0027 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

18% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Arbor Run/charles Place S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Mar 7, 2023

Wilson Farms/auburndale

NC0241220 · Groundwater · 465 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 Wilson Farms/auburndale
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025

River Oaks S/d

NC0241203 · Groundwater · 409 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
0.0015 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

10% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for River Oaks S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024

Ridgecrest/bakersfield S/d

NC3041066 · Groundwater · 343 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, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Ridgecrest/bakersfield S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 5, 2024

The Estates Of Oak Ridge Lake

NC0241240 · Groundwater · 300 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 The Estates Of Oak Ridge Lake
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Mar 7, 2023

Weatherstone S/d

NC0241206 · Groundwater · 269 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 Weatherstone S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024

Twelve Oaks S/d

NC0241211 · Groundwater · 234 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
0.0015 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

10% 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
1.61 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

124% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Twelve Oaks S/d
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024

Pepper Ridge S/d

NC3041051 · Groundwater · 185 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.

Oak Ridge Military Academy

NC0241539 · Groundwater · 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: Jul 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

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

115% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

Violation history (16)
Imported violation history for Oak Ridge Military Academy
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedApr 1, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedOct 1, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedApr 1, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Dec 21, 2022
Public NoticeAddressedAug 27, 2022
Public NoticeAddressedAug 27, 2022
Public NoticeAddressedAug 27, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJun 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-basedResolvedJun 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJun 1, 2021 to May 26, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Jun 9, 2021
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2019
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2018
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedApr 1, 2017
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2015

Smoke Ridge Estates

NC0241197 · Groundwater · 135 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
1.7 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

131% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1997 to Jun 30, 1997

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Smoke Ridge Estates
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 3, 2024

City summary

What the indexed records say

Oak Ridge has 1 published ZIP profile across Guilford 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 Oak Ridge

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 Oak Ridge

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.