Marshville, Town Of, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Marshville, Town Of serves about 3,163 people through 1,265 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 Union County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0190015; phone on file: 704-624-2515. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Marshville, Town Of's lead record
That is down 24 ppb from 24 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Marshville, Town Of is 24 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 6 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. Marshville, Town Of'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.
Nearby utilities
5 other systems share Union County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Marshville, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Union County Water System | 169,685 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monroe, City Of | 43,081 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wingate, Town Of | 3,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jaars, Inc | 625 | 0 (not detected) |
| Glencroft S/D | 380 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Marshville, 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 Marshville, 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.