Lamplighter South-Danby, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Lamplighter South-Danby
Lamplighter South-Danby serves about 3,297 people through 1,298 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0160156; phone on file: 800-525-7990. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lamplighter South-Danby's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lamplighter South-Danby is 0 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Lamplighter South-Danby 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. Lamplighter South-Danby's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 66th percentile in North Carolina and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
28 other systems share Mecklenburg County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lamplighter South-Danby. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Water | 1,206,285 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bradfield Farms S/D | 3,015 | 0 (not detected) |
| Park South S/D | 1,930 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wildwood Green/Mcilwaine | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stone Hollow S/D | 582 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Pointe Estates | 500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkway Crossing | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
| Larkhaven S/D | 416 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rocky Ridge S/D | 384 | 2.3 ppb |
| Eastwood Forest Mhp | 375 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Lamplighter South-Danby'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 Lamplighter South-Danby 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.