Carvel Manor Mhp, NC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.5 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Carvel Manor Mhp at a glance
Carvel Manor Mhp serves about 148 people through 66 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pickaway County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: OH6500312. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 10.9 ppb from 2.6 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Carvel Manor Mhp is 22.9 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 13.5 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 2.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 22.9 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Carvel Manor Mhp's 13.5 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in North Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Next steps for Durham, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Durham, 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 Carvel Manor Mhp 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.