Beech Mountain, Town Of, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Beech Mountain, Town Of
Beech Mountain, Town Of serves about 2,468 people through 2,251 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 surface water, in Watauga County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0195104; phone on file: 828-387-1855. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Beech Mountain, Town Of is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 3 ppb |
How Beech Mountain, Town Of 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. Beech Mountain, Town Of's 5 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in North Carolina and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Watauga County
25 other systems share Watauga County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Beech Mountain, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boone, Town Of | 19,811 | 2.5 ppb |
| Appalachian State Univ Wtp | 11,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blowing Rock, Town Of | 1,637 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hound Ears Water System | 975 | 0 (not detected) |
| Echota S/D | 710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powder Horn Mountain | 548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mill Ridge Poa | 427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seven Devils, Town Of | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ski Mountain S/D | 397 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bradford Park | 310 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Beech Mountain, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Beech Mountain, NC may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Beech Mountain, Town 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.