Biltmore Forest, Town Of, 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 Biltmore Forest, Town Of
Biltmore Forest, Town Of serves about 1,356 people through 740 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 Buncombe County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0111030; phone on file: 828-274-3919. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Biltmore Forest, Town Of is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
How Biltmore Forest, 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. Biltmore Forest, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 60th percentile in North Carolina and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Buncombe County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Biltmore Forest, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheville City Of | 157,431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Black Mountain, Town Of | 11,976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodfin Sanitary Water And Sewer | 10,122 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weaverville, Town Of | 8,359 | 0 (not detected) |
| Royal Gorge Water Utility | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bent Creek Water System | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montreat Water System | 798 | 4 ppb |
| Christmount Christian Assembly | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Pisgah Academy | 210 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ymca-Blue Ridge Assembly | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Biltmore Forest, Town 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 Biltmore Forest, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.