Is Your Greensboro Water Safe?

Greensboro Water Resources draws from Lake Townsend and Lake Brandt on the Haw River. Hardness varies from home to home, and where it runs high it can leave white deposits on fixtures, glass shower doors, and inside water heaters. Over time, hard water reduces the efficiency and lifespan of tankless water heaters, dishwashers, and washing machines. Neighborhoods like Hamilton Lakes, Irving Park, and Lindley Park feature older homes with extensive plumbing that benefits significantly from softened water. A water softener at the point of entry eliminates scale at every tap throughout the home.

Greensboro water meets all federal EPA legal standards and is technically safe by regulatory definitions. However, the EWG found several contaminants above health-protective guidelines — including disinfection byproducts at over 300× the health guideline and hexavalent chromium at 19× the guideline. Legal limits are not the same as health-safe limits; they reflect what's enforceable, not what's necessarily risk-free over decades of daily consumption. An under-sink reverse osmosis system brings your drinking and cooking water well below even the strictest EWG guidelines.

The Haw River, which feeds Greensboro's reservoirs, runs through a region with significant manufacturing history. Upstream industrial activity has introduced PFAS compounds into the Haw River basin — the same river system that feeds the Cape Fear River and drew national attention for PFAS contamination in Wilmington. While Greensboro's treatment plant removes much of this, trace PFAS compounds have been detected in treated water across the region. A 5-stage or 7-stage reverse osmosis system removes over 99% of PFAS at the point of use, providing the most reliable protection available for drinking and cooking water.

Yes. We serve Greensboro as part of our expanding North Carolina coverage area. Call us or submit the form above — we'll schedule an in-home water test, run an on-site analysis, and have a transparent quote ready before we leave. Most installations complete in a single day, typically 3–5 hours. All systems carry a lifetime warranty and lifetime phone support from our local North Carolina team. No obligation to purchase after the free water test.

For most Greensboro homes, the ideal setup is a whole-home carbon filter to address disinfection byproducts and chlorine taste at every tap, paired with a water softener to handle hardness, and an under-sink reverse osmosis system for drinking and cooking water. The RO handles PFAS, heavy metals like hexavalent chromium, and radium — the contaminants that carbon alone won't remove. Our Complete Home System bundles all three in a single installation and is the most comprehensive solution for Greensboro's specific water profile. If budget requires a starting point, the RO alone addresses the most health-critical contaminants in your drinking water first.