Aurora Water System, 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.
Aurora Water System at a glance
Aurora Water System serves about 805 people through 317 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Beaufort County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0407020; phone on file: 252-322-4611. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aurora Water System is 5 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
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. Aurora Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 57th percentile in North Carolina and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Beaufort County
6 other systems share Beaufort County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aurora Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Beaufort Co Northside Regional Water | 22,405 | 0 (not detected) |
| Washington, City Of | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaufort Co Southside | 9,369 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chocowinity Water System | 2,565 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belhaven Water System | 1,960 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bath Water System | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Aurora Water System'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 Aurora Water System 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.