Kimberly Court, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.2 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Kimberly Court serves about 69 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Rowan County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0180124; phone on file: 919-653-6999. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kimberly Court's lead record
That is up 3 ppb from 2.2 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kimberly Court is 5.2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 5.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2.2 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. Kimberly Court's 5.2 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in North Carolina and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Rowan County
38 other systems share Rowan County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kimberly Court. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kannapolis, City Of | 56,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salisbury-Rowan | 46,156 | 13 ppb |
| Landis, Town Of | 5,510 | 0 (not detected) |
| China Grove, Town Of | 4,895 | 15 ppb |
| East Spencer, Town Of | 1,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Faith, Town Of | 1,316 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cleveland, Town Of | 872 | 3.8 ppb |
| Westwood Mhp & S/D | 638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northeast Rowan County Water System | 471 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fisherman`S Cove Water System | 359 | 11.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cary, NC may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Kimberly Court 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.