Clear Meadows S/D, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Clear Meadows S/D
Clear Meadows S/D serves about 160 people through 63 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0160230; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Clear Meadows S/D's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Clear Meadows S/D is 15.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 15.7 ppb over 15 |
| 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. Clear Meadows S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in North Carolina and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Mecklenburg County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Clear Meadows S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Water | 1,206,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lamplighter South-Danby | 3,297 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bradfield Farms S/D | 3,015 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park South S/D | 1,930 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Green/Mcilwaine | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stone Hollow S/D | 582 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Pointe Estates | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkway Crossing | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Larkhaven S/D | 416 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rocky Ridge S/D | 384 | 2.3 ppb |
What to do in your house
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 Clear Meadows S/D whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1800 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.