Grimesland, Town Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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
Grimesland, Town Of serves about 332 people through 240 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 groundwater, in Pitt County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0474055; phone on file: 252-752-6337. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Grimesland, Town Of's lead record
That is down 8 ppb from 8 ppb in the period ending 2016. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Grimesland, Town Of is 8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 8 ppb |
How Grimesland, Town Of 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. Grimesland, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in North Carolina and the 19th 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 Grimesland, 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) |
| Fountain, Town Of | 427 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Grimesland, NC
Look up your address in Grimesland, 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 Grimesland, 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.