Garner Estates Mh S/D, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Garner Estates Mh S/D
Garner Estates Mh S/D serves about 114 people through 45 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Johnston County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0351156; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Garner Estates Mh S/D's lead record
That is up 5.5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Garner Estates Mh S/D is 5.5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 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. Garner Estates Mh S/D's 5.5 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in North Carolina and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
46 other systems share Johnston County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Garner Estates Mh S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Johnston Co-West | 99,027 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clayton, Town Of | 30,876 | 0 (not detected) |
| Johnston Co-East | 25,212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smithfield, Town Of | 12,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flowers Plantation | 12,809 | 0 (not detected) |
| Selma, Town Of | 6,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benson, Town Of | 4,802 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Clayton - North | 4,703 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Level, Town Of | 2,413 | 1.4 ppb |
| Four Oaks, Town Of | 2,302 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cary, 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 Garner Estates Mh S/D 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.