Ellerbe Town Of, 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.
Ellerbe Town Of at a glance
Ellerbe Town Of serves about 2,050 people through 820 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 Richmond County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0377020; phone on file: 910-652-6251. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ellerbe Town Of's lead record
That is down 37 ppb from 37 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ellerbe Town Of is 37 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 37 ppb over 15 |
| 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. Ellerbe Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 63rd percentile in North Carolina and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Richmond County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ellerbe Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond County Water System | 22,578 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rockingham, City Of | 12,510 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hamlet Water System | 10,635 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ellerbe, 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 Ellerbe Town Of 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.