Harkers Island Sanitary Dist, 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.
Who runs the water here
Harkers Island Sanitary Dist serves about 2,586 people through 1,018 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Carteret County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0416025; phone on file: 252-727-2233. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Harkers Island Sanitary Dist's lead record
That is down 5 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harkers Island Sanitary Dist is 5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
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. Harkers Island Sanitary Dist's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 64th percentile in North Carolina and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
29 other systems share Carteret County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Harkers Island Sanitary Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Carteret Water Corp | 19,512 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morehead City, Town Of | 18,846 | 0 (not detected) |
| Atlantic Beach, Town Of | 6,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newport Water System | 5,453 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bogue Banks Water Corporation | 4,995 | 4 ppb |
| Pine Knoll Shores | 4,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaufort, Town Of | 4,452 | 4.5 ppb |
| North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis | 4,417 | 4 ppb |
| Brandywine Bay | 2,245 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goose Creek Resort | 1,600 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Harkers Island Sanitary Dist'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 Harkers Island Sanitary Dist 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.