Cliffdale 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.
Who runs the water here
Cliffdale West serves about 15,220 people through 6,043 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cumberland County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0326332; phone on file: 919-653-6999. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
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 Cliffdale West is 0 ppb across 3 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) |
How Cliffdale 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. Cliffdale West's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 75th percentile in North Carolina and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
29 other systems share Cumberland County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cliffdale West. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Public Works Comm | 226,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old North Utilities Services/Ft Bragg | 65,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Comm Wtr System | 15,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Lake, Town Of | 11,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastover Sanitary District | 8,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood South/Fayetteville Pwc | 2,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Linden, Town Of | 2,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stedman, Town Of | 1,705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wade, Town Of | 780 | 12 ppb |
| Overhills Water Company | 723 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cary, NC
Look up your address in Cliffdale 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 Cliffdale 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.