Eckerd Of Boomer, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
About Eckerd Of Boomer
Eckerd Of Boomer serves about 33 people through 40 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0197606; phone on file: 704-437-8100. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eckerd Of Boomer is 27 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 27 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. Eckerd Of Boomer's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 1st percentile in North Carolina and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Wilkes County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eckerd Of Boomer. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Wilkes Wtr Association Inc | 12,573 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Water Association | 8,486 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc | 8,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Wilkesboro, Town Of | 4,265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilkesboro, Town Of | 3,687 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broadway Water Association | 3,556 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moravian Falls Water System | 3,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ronda, Town Of | 938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Mtn Club | 685 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Boomer, 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 Of Boomer 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.