Eckerd Candor, 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.
Eckerd Candor at a glance
Eckerd Candor serves about 92 people through 10 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Montgomery County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0362562; phone on file: 910-974-4183. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Eckerd Candor's lead record
That is down 19 ppb from 19 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eckerd Candor is 19 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 19 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Eckerd Candor's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in North Carolina and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Montgomery County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eckerd Candor. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County Water System | 15,362 | 0 (not detected) |
| Troy, Town Of | 3,591 | 0 (not detected) |
| Badin Shores Resort | 2,743 | 0 (not detected) |
| Biscoe, Town Of | 2,735 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Gilead, Town Of | 1,463 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodrun S/D | 1,216 | 0 (not detected) |
| Star, Town Of | 933 | 0 (not detected) |
| Candor, Town Of | 875 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carolina Forest Water System | 596 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parker Mobile Home Estates | 147 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Candor, 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 Eckerd Candor 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.