Public EPA test results
Can you drink Henderson tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NC0291010 · serves Henderson, NC · about 14,937 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg WTR (EPA NC0291010)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Henderson's main utility, Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg WTR: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
What EPA records show for Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg WTR, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, TTHM, Jul 2021–Nov 2021 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg WTR use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg WTR's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)