Mikkola Downs S/D, 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.
About Mikkola Downs S/D
Mikkola Downs S/D serves about 154 people through 61 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Forsyth County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0234193; phone on file: 919-653-6999. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Mikkola Downs S/D's lead record
That is down 5.62 ppb from 5.62 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mikkola Downs S/D is 5.62 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 5.62 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Mikkola Downs S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in North Carolina and the 13th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Forsyth County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Mikkola Downs S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Winston-Salem, City Of | 391,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Abington S/D | 1,506 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graystone/Smokerise Water System | 455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Applegate Water System | 442 | 0 (not detected) |
| Yorktown S/D | 272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grandview Water System | 198 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcbride`S Mhp | 190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bishops Ridge S/D | 173 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deerpath S/D | 142 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Knolls Water Supply | 71 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Cary, NC
Look up your address in Mikkola Downs S/D'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 Mikkola Downs S/D 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.