Country Living Apts, 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.
Country Living Apts at a glance
Country Living Apts serves about 66 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Stokes County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0285130; phone on file: 336-842-3733. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Country Living Apts is 280 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) |
| 2025 | 280 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
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. Country Living Apts's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in North Carolina and the 6th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Stokes County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Country Living Apts. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| King, City Of | 23,370 | 3.38 ppb |
| Walnut Cove, Town Of | 2,210 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stokes County Water & Sewer Auth | 420 | 0 (not detected) |
| Danbury, Town Of | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow Creek S/D | 135 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain Valley Living Center | 39 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Winston-Salem, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Winston-Salem, 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 Country Living Apts 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.