Glencroft S/D, NC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Glencroft S/D at a glance
Glencroft S/D serves about 112 people through 44 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0160329; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.9 ppb from 8.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Glencroft S/D is 12 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 8.1 ppb |
| 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. Glencroft S/D's 12 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in North Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Mecklenburg County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Glencroft S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Water | 1,206,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lamplighter South-Danby | 3,297 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bradfield Farms S/D | 3,015 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park South S/D | 1,930 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Green/Mcilwaine | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stone Hollow S/D | 582 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Pointe Estates | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkway Crossing | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Larkhaven S/D | 416 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rocky Ridge S/D | 384 | 2.3 ppb |
Next steps for Cary, NC
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 Glencroft 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.