Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore, 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 Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore
Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore serves about 407 people through 18 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Moore County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC5063023; phone on file: 910-947-4300. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in North Carolina and the 21st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Moore County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst | 31,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Pines, Town Of | 24,102 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aberdeen, Town Of | 12,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Moore Water District | 9,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carthage, Town Of | 4,307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Development | 4,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlake Water & Sewer Inc | 2,287 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinebluff, Town Of | 2,208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxfire Village, Town Of | 1,975 | 7.6 ppb |
| Moore Co Public Util-Vass | 1,862 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore'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 Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.