Abington S/D, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Abington S/D
Abington S/D serves about 1,506 people through 593 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Forsyth County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0234191; phone on file: 800-525-7990. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Abington S/D's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Abington S/D is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Abington S/D compares
Of the 1,925 North Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 75 have gone over at some point. Abington S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 61st percentile in North Carolina and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Forsyth County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Abington S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem, City Of | 391,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graystone/Smokerise Water System | 455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Applegate Water System | 442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yorktown S/D | 272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grandview Water System | 198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcbride`S Mhp | 190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bishops Ridge S/D | 173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mikkola Downs S/D | 154 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deerpath S/D | 142 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Knolls Water Supply | 71 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Charlotte, NC
Look up your address in Abington S/D's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Abington S/D whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.