Fountain, Town Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Fountain, Town Of serves about 427 people through 275 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pitt County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0474050; phone on file: 252-749-2881. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
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 Fountain, Town Of is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 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. Fountain, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 49th percentile in North Carolina and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
13 other systems share Pitt County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fountain, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville Utilities Comm | 103,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern Pines Water Corp | 23,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bell Arthur Water Corp | 11,765 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winterville, Town Of | 10,462 | 0 (not detected) |
| Farmville, Town Of | 8,887 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ayden Town Of | 6,366 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stokes Regional Water Corp | 3,530 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grifton, Town Of | 2,982 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethel, Town Of | 1,640 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grimesland, Town Of | 332 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Fountain, Town Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Fountain, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.