Maxton, Town Of, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Maxton, Town Of
Maxton, Town Of serves about 2,598 people through 1,039 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 groundwater, in Robeson County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0378035; phone on file: 910-844-5231. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 8 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maxton, Town Of is 13 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 ppb |
| 2025 | 8 ppb |
| 2025 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 7 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. Maxton, Town Of's 6 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in North Carolina and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Robeson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maxton, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Robeson County Water System | 67,970 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lumberton, City Of | 24,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Springs, Town Of | 4,423 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pembroke, Town Of | 3,073 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fairmont, Town Of | 2,968 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saint Pauls, Town Of | 2,385 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rowland, Town Of | 2,220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Parkton, Town Of | 963 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Pembroke - University Courtyard | 365 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Pauls/Robeson Co | 318 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Maxton, 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 Maxton, Town Of whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 3029 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.