Granny Squirrel, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.5 ppb (monitoring period 2014-2016). 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 Granny Squirrel
Granny Squirrel serves about 142 people through 51 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cherokee County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0120109. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Granny Squirrel is 2.5 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 2.5 ppb |
How Granny Squirrel compares
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. Granny Squirrel's 2.5 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in North Carolina and the 77th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cherokee County
5 other systems share Cherokee County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Granny Squirrel. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Murphy, Town Of | 4,498 | 0 (not detected) |
| Andrews, Town Of | 3,284 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marble Community Wtr System | 999 | 5.5 ppb |
| Bear Paw Resort | 909 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Sanctuary At Vance Mtn | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Andrews, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Andrews, 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 Granny Squirrel 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.