Lakeside Mhc, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Lakeside Mhc
Lakeside Mhc serves about 465 people through 260 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Licking County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: OH4505512. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakeside Mhc is 1.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Lakeside Mhc's 1.2 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in North Carolina and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
1 other system shares Licking County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakeside Mhc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Court Mobile Home | 65 | 0.4 ppb |
Next steps for Durham, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Durham, 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 Lakeside Mhc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.