Blue Water Cove S/D, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Blue Water Cove S/D
Blue Water Cove S/D serves about 38 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 Forsyth County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC3034012; phone on file: 919-467-8712. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Blue Water Cove S/D's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blue Water Cove S/D is 15.7 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 15.7 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 8 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Water Cove S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in North Carolina and the 2nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Forsyth County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Blue Water Cove S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem, City Of | 391,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Abington S/D | 1,506 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graystone/Smokerise Water System | 455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Applegate Water System | 442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yorktown S/D | 272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grandview Water System | 198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcbride`S Mhp | 190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bishops Ridge S/D | 173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mikkola Downs S/D | 154 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deerpath S/D | 142 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cary, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cary, 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 Blue Water Cove S/D 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.