Kirk Glen S/D, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Kirk Glen S/D at a glance
Kirk Glen S/D serves about 104 people through 41 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0111149; phone on file: 800-525-7990. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Kirk Glen S/D's lead record
That is down 29.5 ppb from 29.5 ppb in the period ending 2018. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Kirk Glen S/D is 29.5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 29.5 ppb over 15 |
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. Kirk Glen S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 22nd percentile in North Carolina and the 10th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Buncombe County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Kirk Glen S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheville City Of | 157,431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Black Mountain, Town Of | 11,976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodfin Sanitary Water And Sewer | 10,122 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weaverville, Town Of | 8,359 | 0 (not detected) |
| Biltmore Forest, Town Of | 1,356 | 0 (not detected) |
| Royal Gorge Water Utility | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bent Creek Water System | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montreat Water System | 798 | 4 ppb |
| Christmount Christian Assembly | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Pisgah Academy | 210 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Charlotte, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Charlotte, 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 Kirk Glen 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.