Columbus Co Water District I, 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.
About Columbus Co Water District I
Columbus Co Water District I serves about 1,700 people through 52 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 surface water, in Columbus County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0424060; phone on file: 910-642-2828. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Columbus Co Water District I's lead record
Against the period ending 2016 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Columbus Co Water District I is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 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. Columbus Co Water District I's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 62nd percentile in North Carolina and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Columbus County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Columbus Co Water District I. 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 |
| Chadbourn, Town Of | 2,370 | 5 ppb |
| 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) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Columbus Co Water District I'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 Columbus Co Water District I 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.