Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, 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.
Who runs the water here
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point serves about 17,144 people through 4,176 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Craven County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0425035; phone on file: 252-466-2520. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is 6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4.66 ppb |
| 2021 | 4.67 ppb |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
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. Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 75th percentile in North Carolina and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Craven County
11 other systems share Craven County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Bern, City Of | 37,884 | 0 (not detected) |
| Craven County Water System | 37,848 | 0 (not detected) |
| Havelock Water System | 14,925 | 0 (not detected) |
| First Craven Sanitary District | 6,325 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairfield Harbour | 5,514 | 5 ppb |
| Town Of River Bend | 2,846 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vanceboro Water System | 1,864 | 3.4 ppb |
| Cove City, Town Of | 440 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dover, Town Of | 425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Norris Mhp | 91 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Cherry Point, NC
Look up your address in Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point'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 Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point 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.