Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc., 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.
Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc. at a glance
Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc. serves about 35 people through 5 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Carteret County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0416113. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc.'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 Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc. is 10.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 10.5 ppb over 10 |
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. Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc.'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 2nd percentile in North Carolina and the 1st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Carteret County
29 other systems share Carteret County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc.. 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 |
| Harkers Island Sanitary Dist | 2,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandywine Bay | 2,245 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Beaufort, NC
Look up your address in Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc.'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 Integrated Care Of Greater Hickory Inc. 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.