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Rowan County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 14 ZIP codes and 39 community water systems in Rowan County. It also stands in for 4 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kannapolis, City of NC0180065 | 56,050 | 215 | 1 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Salisbury-Rowan NC0180010 | 46,156 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| China Grove, Town of NC0180040 | 4,895 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 15 ppb |
| Faith, Town of NC0180055 | 1,316 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 ppb |
| Northeast Rowan County Water System NC2080082 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Cedar Glenn MHP INC NC0180194 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Hickory Lane MHP NC0180425 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Green Acres MHP NC0180201 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 ppb |
| Landis, Town of NC0180038 | 5,510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| East Spencer, Town of NC0180060 | 1,550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Cleveland, Town of NC0180050 | 872 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 ppb |
| Westwood MHP & S/D NC0180187 | 638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Fisherman`s Cove Water System NC0180111 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 ppb |
| Edgewood S/D NC0180161 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Tanglewood S/D NC0180147 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Old Farm Development NC0180159 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Knoll View S/D NC0180212 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Fairfield Acres NC0180110 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Spencer Forest NC0180114 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Windmill Ridge S/D NC0180196 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Crestview S/D NC0180108 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Lake Ridge S/D NC0180223 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Green Acres MHP NC0180178 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 ppb |
| Oakland S/D NC0180182 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Bostian Heights Wtr System NC0180104 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 ppb |
ZIP reports in Rowan County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 27013, 27054, 28125, 28138.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.