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(800) 339-9140 or (919)303-2525
CERTIFIED PLUS HOME INSPECTIONS
Greensboro, North Carolina Home Inspection Company
Serving Greensboro and Surrounding Areas
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!
Prices Start at $199
Greensboro North Carolina Licensed Home Inspector #2173
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RALEIGH NC HOME INSPECTION PRICES STARTING AT $199 FOR A NORTH CAROLINA HOME INSPECTION BY A STATE CERTIFIED NC HOME INSPECTOR. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA / NC LICENSED ASHI, NACHI CERTIFIED, NORTH CAROLINA INSPECTORS, HOME INSPECTION SERVICES FOR ALAMANCE, CHATHAM, JOHNSTON, LEE, ORANGE, WAKE. TOWNS AND SURROUNDING AREAS CHAPEL HILL, HILLSBOROUGH, RALEIGH, NC, APEX, NC, DURHAM, NC, CARY,
GUILFORD
NC COUNTIES.
Certified Plus
Home Inspection is now servicing Greensboro and the Eastern
part of Guilford County.
Areas and towns
serviced in Guilford County:
Greensboro and the surrounding towns- ALLEN JAY, BAKERTOWN,
BESSEMER, BRIGHTWOOD NC, GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA, BROADVIEW,
BROWNS SUMMIT, CLIMAX, COLFAX, DEEP RIVER NC, GREENSBORO NC,
GUILFORD COUNTY NC, EAST WHITE OAK, EDGEVILLE, FAIRFIELD
GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, FISHER PARK, FLORENCE, FOREST
OAKS, FREEMAN MILL, FRIENDSHIP, GIBSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA,
GLENWOOD, GREENSBORO NC, GROOMETOWN, GUILFORD, GUILFORD
COLLEGE NC, HAMILTON LAKES, HIGH POINT NC, HIGHLAND PARK,
HILLSDALE, HILLTOP, IRVING PARK, JAMESTOWN NORTH CAROLINA,
JULIAN, KICKMAN CROSSING, KOOTZVILLE, LAKE DANIAL,LAKEWOOD NC,
LATHAM PARK, LATHAM TOWN, LINDLEY PARK, MCADOO HEIGHTS,
GREENSBORO GUILFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE, MILES
CROSSROADS, MONTICELLO, MOUNT ZION NC, NOCHO PARK, NORTH HYDE
PARK, OAK GROVE, OAKDALE, OAKWOOD, OSCELO, PIEDMONT HEIGHTS
NORTH CAROLINA, PINECROFT, PLEASANT GARDEN NC, POMONA,
GREENSBORO NC, PROXIMITY, RANKIN, REVOLUTION, ROCKY KNOLL NC,
RUDD, SCOTT PARK, SEDALIA NORTH CAROLINA, SEDGEFIELD, SEDGE
TOWN, SHERWOOD VILLAGE, SPRINGFIELD, STARMOUNT FOREST,
STEWARTS MILL, SUNSET HILLS NC, TERRA COTTA, TROXLERS MILL NC,
VANDALIA, WESTERWOOD, WHITE OAK GUILFORD COUNTY, WHITSETT NC,
GREENSBORO NC.
Drinking Water
Quality
Greensboro, NC
The United States has one of the safest water supplies in the
world. However, national statistics don’t tell you
specifically about the quality and safety of the water coming
out of your tap. That’s because drinking water quality varies
from place to place, depending on the condition of the source
water from which it is drawn, and the treatment it receives.
Now you have a new way to find information about your drinking
water if it comes from a public water supplier (The EPA
doesn’t regulate private wells, but recommends that well.
owners have their water tested annually.) Starting in 1999,
every community water supplier must provide an annual report
(sometimes called a "consumer confidence report") to its
customers. The report provides information on your local
drinking water quality, including the water’s source, the
contaminants found in the water, and how consumers can get
involved in protecting drinking water. You may want more
information, or you may have more questions. One place you can
go is to your water supplier, who is best equipped to answer
questions about your specific water supply.
(Read more below.)
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PRICES - START AT $199 - The price is set according to the size of the house. Call for exact prices for your North Carolina real estate home inspection. |
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REPORT - ON SITE SUMMARY REPORT - At the end of the home inspection, you will receive a summary report of the repairs. You are now ready to negotiate any repairs right after the inspection. |
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MONEY BACK GUARANTEE - Our home inspectors are professionals. We are one of the few companies that offer a money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with our home inspection, we will gladly refund your money.
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APPLIANCES - All appliances that are purchased with the house will be tested at no extra charge. Appliances such as the dishwasher, stove, refrigerator and the washer and dryer.
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What contaminants may be found in
drinking water?
There is no such thing as naturally pure water. In nature, all
water contains some impurities. As water flows in streams,
sits in lakes, and filters through layers of soil and rock in
the ground, it dissolves or absorbs the substances that it
touches. Some of these substances are harmless. In fact, some
people prefer mineral water precisely because minerals give it
an appealing taste. However, at certain levels, minerals, just
like man-made chemicals, are considered contaminants that can
make water unpalatable or even unsafe. Some contaminants come
from the erosion of natural rock formations. Other
contaminants are substances discharged from factories, applied
to farmlands, or used by consumers in their homes and yards.
Sources of contaminants might be in your neighborhood or might
be many miles away. Your local water quality report tells
which contaminants are in your drinking water, the levels at
which they were found, and the actual or likely source of each
contaminant. Some ground water systems have established
wellhead protection programs to prevent substances from
contaminating their wells. Similarly, some surface-water
systems protect the watershed around their reservoir to
prevent contamination. Right now, states and water suppliers
are working systematically to assess every source of drinking
water, and to identify potential sources of contaminants. This
process will help communities to protect their drinking water
supplies from contamination.
Where does drinking water come from?
A clean, constant supply of drinking water is essential to
every community. People in large cities frequently drink water
that comes from surface-water sources, such as lakes, rivers
and reservoirs. Sometimes, these sources are close to the
community. Other times, drinking water suppliers get their
water from sources many miles away. In either case, when you
think about where your drinking water comes from, it’s
important to consider not just the part of the river or lake
that you can see, but the entire watershed. The watershed is
the land area over which water flows into the river, lake or
reservoir. In rural areas, people are more likely to drink
ground water that was pumped from a well. These wells tap into
aquifers, the natural reservoirs under the earth’s surface,
that may be only a few miles wide, or may span the borders of
many states. As with surface water, it is important to
remember that activities many miles away from you may affect
the quality of ground water. Your annual drinking water
quality report will tell you where your water supplier gets
your water.
How is drinking water treated?
When a water supplier takes untreated water from a river or
reservoir, the water often contains dirt and tiny pieces of
leaves and other organic matter, as well as trace amounts of
certain contaminants. When it gets to the treatment plant,
water suppliers often add chemicals, called coagulants, to the
water. These act on the water as it flows very slowly through
tanks so that the dirt and other contaminants form clumps that
settle to the bottom. Usually, this water then flows through a
filter for removal of the smallest contaminants, such as
viruses and Giardia. Most ground water is naturally filtered
as it passes through layers of the earth into underground
reservoirs known as aquifers. Water that suppliers pump from
wells generally contains less organic material than surface
water, and may not need to go through any or all of these
treatments. The image The quality of the water will depend on
local conditions. The most common drinking water treatment,
considered by many to be one of the most important scientific
advances of the 20th century, is disinfection. Most water
suppliers add chlorine or another disinfectant to kill
bacteria and other germs. Water suppliers use other treatments
as needed, according to the quality of their source water. For
example, systems whose water is contaminated with organic
chemicals can treat their water with activated carbon, which
adsorbs or attracts the chemicals dissolved in the water.
What if I have special health needs?
People who have HIV/AIDS, are undergoing chemotherapy, take
steroids, or for another reason have a weakened immune system
may be more susceptible to microbial contaminants, including
Cryptosporidium, in drinking water. If you or someone you know
fall into one of these categories, talk to your healthcare
provider to find out if you need to take special precautions,
such as boiling your water. Young children are particularly
susceptible to the effects of high levels of certain
contaminants, including nitrate and lead. To avoid exposure to
lead, use water from the cold tap for making baby formula,
drinking and cooking, and let the water run for a minute or
more if the water hasn’t been turned on for six or more hours.
If your water supplier alerts you that your water does not
meet the EPA’s standard for nitrates, and you have children
under 6 months old, consult your healthcare provider. You may
want to find an alternate source of water that contains lower
levels of nitrates for your child.
What are the health effects of
contaminants in drinking water?
The EPA has set standards for more than 80 contaminants that
may be present in drinking water and pose a risk to human
health. The EPA sets these standards to protect the health of
everybody, including vulnerable groups like children. The
contaminants fall into two groups, according to the health
effects that they cause. Your local water supplier will alert
you through the local media, direct mail, or other means if
there is a potential acute or chronic health effect from
compounds in the drinking water. You may want to contact them
for additional information specific to your area. Acute
effects occur within hours or days of the time that a person
consumes a contaminant. People can suffer acute health effects
from almost any contaminant if they are exposed to
extraordinarily high levels (as in the case of a spill). In
drinking water,microbes, such as bacteria and viruses, are the
contaminants with the greatest chance of reaching levels high
enough to cause acute health effects. Most people’s bodies can
fight off these microbial contaminants the way they fight off
germs, and these acute contaminants typically don’t have
permanent effects. Nonetheless, when high-enough levels occur,
they can make people ill, and can be dangerous or deadly for a
person whose immune system is already weak due to HIV/AIDS,
chemotherapy, steroid use, or another reason. Chronic effects
occur after people consume a contaminant at levels over the
EPA’s safety standards for many years. The drinking water
contaminants that can have chronic effects are chemicals (such
as disinfection byproducts, solvents, and pesticides),
radionuclides (such as radium), and minerals (such as
arsenic). Examples of these chronic effects include cancer,
liver and kidney problems, and reproductive difficulties.
Who is responsible for drinking water
quality?
The Safe Drinking Water Act gives the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) the responsibility for setting national drinking
water standards that protect the health of the 250 million
people who get their water from public water systems. Other
people get their water from private wells which are not
subject to federal regulations. Since 1974, the EPA has set
national standards for over 80 contaminants that may occur in
drinking water. While the EPA and state governments set and
enforce standards, local governments and private water
suppliers have direct responsibility for the quality of the
water that flows to your tap. Water systems test and treat
their water, maintain the distribution systems that deliver
water to consumers, and report on their water quality to the
state. States and the EPA provide technical assistance to
water suppliers and can take legal action against systems that
fail to provide water that meets state and EPA standards.
What is a violation of a drinking
water standard?
Drinking water suppliers are required to monitor and test
their water many times, for many things, before sending it to
consumers. These tests determine whether and how the water
needs to be treated, as well as the effectiveness of the
treatment process. If a water system consistently sends to
consumers water that contains a contaminant at a level higher
than EPA or state health standards regulate, or if the system
fails to monitor for a contaminant, the system is violating
regulations, and is subject to fines and other penalties. When
a water system violates a drinking water regulation, it must
notify the people who drink its water about the violation,
what it means, and how they should respond. In cases where the
water presents an immediate health threat, such as when people
need to boil water before drinking it, the system must use
television, radio and newspapers to get the word out as
quickly as possible. Other notices may be sent by mail, or
delivered with the water bill. Each water suppliers’ annual
water quality report must include a summary of all the
violations that occurred during the previous year.
How can I help protect my drinking
water?
Using the new information that is now available about drinking
water, citizens can be aware of the challenges of keeping
drinking water safe and take an active role in protecting
drinking water. There are lots of ways that individuals can
get involved. Some people will help clean up the watershed
that is the source of their community’s water. Other people
might get involved in wellhead protection activities to
prevent the contamination of the ground water source that
provides water to their community. These people will be able
to make use of the information that states and water systems
are gathering as they assess their sources of water. Concerned
citizens may want to attend public meetings to ensure that
their community’s need for safe drinking water is considered
in making decisions about land use. You may wish to
participate when your state and water system make funding
decisions. And all consumers can do their part to conserve
water and to dispose properly of household chemicals.
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