Hardscrabble S/D, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Hardscrabble S/D at a glance
Hardscrabble S/D serves about 643 people through 257 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Durham County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0332139; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hardscrabble S/D's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hardscrabble S/D is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 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. Hardscrabble S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 54th percentile in North Carolina and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Durham County
20 other systems share Durham County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hardscrabble S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Durham, City Of | 333,490 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greymoss S/D | 361 | 0 (not detected) |
| Willow Hill S/D | 329 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Mhp | 305 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canterbury Estates | 293 | 2.74 ppb |
| Fox Run S/D | 272 | 6 ppb |
| Heather Glen S/D | 255 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cardens Creek S/D | 183 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Mountain S/D | 176 | 0 (not detected) |
| Trapper`S Creek S/D | 158 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cary, NC
Look up your address in Hardscrabble S/D'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 Hardscrabble 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.