Maple Oaks Mhp, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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 Maple Oaks Mhp
Maple Oaks Mhp serves about 90 people through 35 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Alamance County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0201174. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maple Oaks Mhp is 8 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 8 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Maple Oaks Mhp 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. Maple Oaks Mhp's 2 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in North Carolina and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
28 other systems share Alamance County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maple Oaks Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington, City Of | 61,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mebane, City Of | 20,212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graham, City Of | 18,354 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elon, Town Of | 11,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haw River, Town Of | 2,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swepsonville, Town Of | 2,497 | 8 ppb |
| Green Level, Town Of | 2,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ossipee Town Of | 2,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Alamance | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saxapahaw Utility Company | 880 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Graham, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Graham, 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 Maple Oaks Mhp 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.