Albemarle, City Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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 Albemarle, City Of
Albemarle, City Of serves about 17,506 people through 8,593 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Stanly County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0184010; phone on file: 704-984-9608. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Albemarle, City Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Albemarle, City Of is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other North Carolina systems
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. Albemarle, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 75th percentile in North Carolina and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Stanly County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Albemarle, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Stanly Co-West Stanly Dist | 9,939 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pfeiffer-N Stanly Water Assoc | 4,513 | 3 ppb |
| Norwood, Town Of | 4,323 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanly Co-Aquadale Dist | 3,632 | 0 (not detected) |
| Oakboro, Town Of | 3,173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist | 1,964 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanly Co-Piney Point Dist | 1,013 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanfield #3-Polk Ford/Renee Ford | 854 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanly Co-Millingport Dist | 709 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stanfield #1-Biglick Rd | 302 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Albemarle, NC
Look up your address in Albemarle, City Of'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 Albemarle, City Of 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.