Concord Comm Water System, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 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.
Concord Comm Water System at a glance
Concord Comm Water System serves about 1,867 people through 735 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is under mixed public and private ownership and draws surface water, in Rutherford County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0181050; phone on file: 828-245-9397. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Concord Comm Water System's lead record
That is down 63 ppb from 63 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Concord Comm Water System is 63 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 63 ppb over 15 |
| 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. Concord Comm Water System'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.
Other water systems in Rutherford County
13 other systems share Rutherford County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Concord Comm Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Forest City, Town Of | 21,521 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broad River Water Authority | 19,136 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ellenboro Town Of | 2,322 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairfield Mountains No 1 | 1,798 | 3.9 ppb |
| Lake Lure, Town Of | 1,176 | 15 ppb |
| Bostic, Town Of | 953 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Lure Village Resort | 226 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bridges S/D | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holly Hills S/D | 122 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Bostic, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bostic, 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 Concord Comm Water System 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.