Long Shoals Water System, 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.
Long Shoals Water System at a glance
Long Shoals Water System serves about 196 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Lincoln County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0155103; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Long Shoals Water System is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 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. Long Shoals Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in North Carolina and the 15th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Lincoln County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Long Shoals Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County Wtp | 49,693 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lincolnton, City Of | 16,309 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hill-N-Dale-Lincoln View S/D | 320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Denver Shores Mhp Water System | 229 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Crossing S/D | 191 | 0 (not detected) |
| River Meadows S/D | 119 | 5.9 ppb |
| Charleston Trail Estates | 110 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deerwood S/D | 109 | 0 (not detected) |
| Milton Acres S/D | 61 | 9.2 ppb |
| Coral Park S/D | 48 | 10 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Long Shoals Water System'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 Long Shoals Water System 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.