Chadbourn, Town Of, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Chadbourn, Town Of
Chadbourn, Town Of serves about 2,370 people through 933 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Columbus County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0424020; phone on file: 910-654-4148. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Chadbourn, Town Of is 5 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 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. Chadbourn, Town Of's 5 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in North Carolina and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Columbus County
14 other systems share Columbus County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Chadbourn, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus Co Water Districts Ii, Iii, V | 10,442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whiteville, City Of | 5,426 | 4 ppb |
| Tabor City, Town Of | 3,277 | 0 (not detected) |
| Columbus County Water Dist Iv | 2,598 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Waccamaw, Town Of | 2,572 | 5 ppb |
| Columbus Co Water District I | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fair Bluff, Town Of | 800 | 3.15 ppb |
| Bolton, Town Of | 668 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brunswick, Town Of | 495 | 3 ppb |
| Town Of Sandyfield | 439 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Chadbourn, 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 Chadbourn, Town Of 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.