Linden, Town Of, 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.
About Linden, Town Of
Linden, Town Of serves about 2,220 people through 888 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Cumberland County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0326045; phone on file: 910-980-0119. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2016 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Linden, Town Of is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Linden, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 63rd percentile in North Carolina and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
29 other systems share Cumberland County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Linden, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Public Works Comm | 226,441 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old North Utilities Services/Ft Bragg | 65,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood Comm Wtr System | 15,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cliffdale West | 15,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Lake, Town Of | 11,725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastover Sanitary District | 8,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brookwood South/Fayetteville Pwc | 2,357 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stedman, Town Of | 1,705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wade, Town Of | 780 | 12 ppb |
| Overhills Water Company | 723 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Linden, Town Of'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 Linden, Town Of 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.