Polkton Tap Water Quality Report
No test results on file for POLKTON WATER SYSTEM, Polkton's water system. Results from other water systems on this page are listed under each system's name; they are not POLKTON WATER SYSTEM's results and do not make a verdict for Polkton. Check POLKTON WATER SYSTEM's latest Consumer Confidence Report for its current test results.
No single water system serves most of Polkton (2,698 residents, Census 2024 estimate). Its large systems are POLKTON WATER SYSTEM (EPA counts 838 people served, about 31% of Polkton's population); ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (EPA counts 13,771 people served, more than Polkton's population). EPA's counts may include people served outside Polkton, so each share is at most that. Check which one bills you: each system's figures are shown separately below.
- POLKTON WATER SYSTEM: No contaminant results on file; health-based violations since 2020: 0
- ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM: 23 contaminants tested, 1 above EPA MCLGs and 1 above EPA's legal limit (MCL); health-based violations since 2020: 0
Other systems listed for Polkton with results above guidelines: ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM (2 above guidelines)
Water systems
2 large systems
Residents (Census 2024)
2,698
Health-based violations since 2020
0
POLKTON WATER SYSTEM. EPA SDWA violation data as of Q2 2026 (downloaded 2026-07-09).
Is Polkton Tap Water Safe to Drink?
Everything we hold on Polkton's water is below — a thin record, not a clean one. Testing your own water is the way to find out what your tap is actually delivering.
POLKTON WATER SYSTEM, Polkton's water system, serves 838 people. 1 other system is listed for Polkton. Each system's results are listed under its own name, never added to POLKTON WATER SYSTEM's.
Boil water advisories are issued by water systems and state agencies, and they change from day to day. Boil water advisories in North Carolina
Polkton Water Service Areas
Fluoride in Polkton's water
ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM
PWSID NC0304010
No fluoride level in our data for ANSON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
POLKTON WATER SYSTEM
PWSID NC0304030
No fluoride level in our data for POLKTON WATER SYSTEM. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
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General-Purpose Water Filters for Polkton
No test results are on file for POLKTON WATER SYSTEM, Polkton's water system, so these are general-purpose NSF/ANSI 53 certified filters, not chosen for any contaminant.
Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC
Everpure Residential H-300-NXT
NSF Certified:
Capacity
3001 gal
Filter Life
10 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 5 contaminants:
Whirlpool Corporation
W11256135
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.7 gpm
Removes 19 contaminants:
+14 more
Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity
Whirlpool Corporation
W11569861
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.52 gpm
Removes 22 contaminants:
+17 more
Atrazine, Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, Turbidity
Santevia
Bath Filter
NSF Certified:
Flow Rate
0.36 gpm
Highlights:
- Organic cotton design reduces plastic used in construction
- Affordable upfront & ongoing cost
- The only bath filter that removed 100% chlorine with “normal” faster faucet flow
Removes 1 contaminants:
No test results on file — test your own tap
We don't hold water-quality results for this system yet, so nobody can tell you what is in your water from published data. A certified lab test is the way to find out.
SimpleLab
Advanced Home Water Test
$269
Comprehensive water analysis testing over 200 contaminants including bacteria, heavy metals, and chemical compounds.
Tap Score
Advanced Microplastics Test
$829
Cutting-edge testing for microplastics particles in drinking water using advanced laboratory techniques.
Tap Score
Haloacetic Acids (HAA9) Test
$275
Tests for disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water treatment.
What Polkton's water readings can explain
Utility-reported data for Polkton includes a chlorine-based disinfectant — the readings behind these common tap water questions. We publish a city-level hardness figure for Polkton, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Polkton? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See Anson County well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
Water softener cost and installation in Polkton
Polkton's tap water has an estimated 1.5 grains per gallon (26.0 mg/L, county sampling in Anson County) — soft on the USGS scale, below the range where scale is usually worth treating.
Water softener cost for an estimated 1.5 gpg water in Polkton — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full. For the national picture first, read what a water softener costs — equipment, installation labour and ten-year ownership, each separated out. For North Carolina as a whole, read water softener cost in North Carolina — priced against the plumber wage published for the state.
Frequently Asked Questions About Polkton Tap Water
No test results on file for POLKTON WATER SYSTEM, Polkton's water system. Results from other water systems on this page are listed under each system's name; they are not POLKTON WATER SYSTEM's results and do not make a verdict for Polkton. Check POLKTON WATER SYSTEM's latest Consumer Confidence Report for its current test results.
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