Hot Springs, 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.
About Hot Springs, Town Of
Hot Springs, Town Of serves about 887 people through 349 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 Madison County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0158020; phone on file: 828-206-5355. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hot Springs, Town Of's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hot Springs, Town Of is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Hot Springs, 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. Hot Springs, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 57th percentile in North Carolina and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Madison County
4 other systems share Madison County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Hot Springs, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill, Town Of | 3,030 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wolf Laurel Resort | 1,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marshall, Town Of | 1,402 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greentree Mobile Home Park | 170 | 0.3 ppb |
Next steps for Hot Springs, NC
Look up your address in Hot Springs, 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 Hot Springs, 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.