Caldwell County Water--West, 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 Caldwell County Water--West
Caldwell County Water--West serves about 8,763 people through 3,450 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Caldwell County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0114045; phone on file: 828-757-5752. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Caldwell County Water--West is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Caldwell County Water--West 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. Caldwell County Water--West's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 72nd percentile in North Carolina and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Caldwell County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Caldwell County Water--West. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lenoir, City Of | 26,388 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caldwell Co Water System-Se | 15,710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Baton Water Corporation | 7,874 | 0 (not detected) |
| Granite Falls, Town Of | 7,318 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sawmills, Town Of | 5,588 | 0 (not detected) |
| Green Mountain Park | 1,194 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rhodhiss, Town Of | 867 | 0 (not detected) |
| Misty Mountain | 369 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caldwell County Water--North | 287 | 0 (not detected) |
| Caldwell County- Addison Lane | 152 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Caldwell County Water--West'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 Caldwell County Water--West 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.