Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
Who runs the water here
Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove serves about 100 people through 46 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Buncombe County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC1011035; phone on file: 919-653-6999. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (3.6 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove is 10.3 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 3.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.43 ppb |
| 2021 | 8.3 ppb |
| 2020 | 10.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove compares
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. Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove's 3.9 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in North Carolina and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Buncombe County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheville City Of | 157,431 | 0 (not detected) |
| Black Mountain, Town Of | 11,976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodfin Sanitary Water And Sewer | 10,122 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weaverville, Town Of | 8,359 | 0 (not detected) |
| Biltmore Forest, Town Of | 1,356 | 0 (not detected) |
| Royal Gorge Water Utility | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bent Creek Water System | 800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Montreat Water System | 798 | 4 ppb |
| Christmount Christian Assembly | 250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Pisgah Academy | 210 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cary, 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 Mountain Vista @ Luther Cove 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.