Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc, 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.
Who runs the water here
Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc serves about 8,150 people through 2,454 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0197015; phone on file: 336-670-2410. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 71st percentile in North Carolina and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Wilkes County
9 other systems share Wilkes County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Wilkes Wtr Association Inc | 12,573 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Water Association | 8,486 | 0 (not detected) |
| North Wilkesboro, Town Of | 4,265 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wilkesboro, Town Of | 3,687 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broadway Water Association | 3,556 | 0 (not detected) |
| Moravian Falls Water System | 3,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ronda, Town Of | 938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blue Ridge Mtn Club | 685 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eckerd Of Boomer | 33 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc'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 Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.