Hampstead Pines, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
About Hampstead Pines
Hampstead Pines serves about 178 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Pender County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC7071022; phone on file: 910-319-0037. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.9 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hampstead Pines is 11 ppb across 12 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0.9 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 8 ppb |
| 2018 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
Where this result ranks
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. Hampstead Pines's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in North Carolina and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Pender County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hampstead Pines. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Pender County Utilities | 32,302 | 0 (not detected) |
| Surf City, Town Of | 9,730 | 0 (not detected) |
| Burgaw, Town Of | 4,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Topsail Beach, Town Of | 3,495 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belvedere Plantation | 3,462 | 3 ppb |
| Maple Hill Water District | 968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Castle Bay S/D | 777 | 0 (not detected) |
| Olde Point S/D | 516 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Atkinson | 301 | 5.5 ppb |
| Lea Acres Water Co Inc | 120 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Wallace, NC
Look up your address in Hampstead Pines'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 Hampstead Pines 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.