- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 10.7 ppt, highest 15.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 7.9 ppt, highest 14.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 8 of 8 samples, average 6.5 ppt, highest 12.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026)
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 7 of 8 samples, average 5.4 ppt, highest 9.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 5 of 8 samples, average 3.2 ppt, highest 8.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 8 samples, average 3.2 ppt, highest 7.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 5 of 8 samples, average 2.9 ppt, highest 6.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 3 of 8 samples, average 1.8 ppt, highest 5.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2025–Feb 2026)
- 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.
- Health-based violation: Total Coliform Rules, Revised Total Coliform Rule, from Sep 2026, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Spring Lake tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NC0326020 · serves Spring Lake, NC · about 11,725 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
Spring Lake, Town of (EPA NC0326020)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Spring Lake's main utility, Spring Lake, Town of: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Spring Lake, Town of, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Total Coliform Rules, Revised Total Coliform Rule, from Sep 2026, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (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.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
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 Spring Lake, Town of use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Spring Lake, Town of'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)