Blue Ridge Estates, 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.
Who runs the water here
Blue Ridge Estates serves about 51 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Watauga County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC3095004. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Blue Ridge Estates'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 Blue Ridge Estates is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 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. Blue Ridge Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 6th percentile in North Carolina and the 4th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Watauga County
25 other systems share Watauga County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blue Ridge Estates. 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) |
| Beech Mountain, Town Of | 2,468 | 5 ppb |
| 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) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Blue Ridge Estates'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 Blue Ridge Estates whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1970 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.