Central Nash Water & Sewer, 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.
Central Nash Water & Sewer at a glance
Central Nash Water & Sewer serves about 7,675 people through 3,070 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 Nash County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC4064005; phone on file: 252-210-3403. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
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 Central Nash Water & Sewer 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) |
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. Central Nash Water & Sewer's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 71st percentile in North Carolina and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Nash County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Central Nash Water & Sewer. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount, City Of | 55,891 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nashville, Town Of | 5,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sharpsburg, Town Of | 1,945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northern Nash Water District | 1,694 | 0 (not detected) |
| Middlesex Water System | 1,389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Hope, Town Of | 1,312 | 5.8 ppb |
| Nash County Water System Area 2 | 701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bailey, Town Of | 566 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ransdell Forest S/D Mhp | 124 | 7 ppb |
| Cedar Lake Mhp | 124 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Nashville, NC
Look up your address in Central Nash Water & Sewer'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 Central Nash Water & Sewer 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.