Newport Ridge Mhp, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.15 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.
Newport Ridge Mhp at a glance
Newport Ridge Mhp serves about 71 people through 32 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Carteret County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0416172. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.15 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Newport Ridge Mhp is 2.15 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2.15 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
How Newport Ridge Mhp 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. Newport Ridge Mhp's 2.15 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in North Carolina and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Carteret County
29 other systems share Carteret County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Newport Ridge Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Carteret Water Corp | 19,512 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morehead City, Town Of | 18,846 | 0 (not detected) |
| Atlantic Beach, Town Of | 6,380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newport Water System | 5,453 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bogue Banks Water Corporation | 4,995 | 4 ppb |
| Pine Knoll Shores | 4,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaufort, Town Of | 4,452 | 4.5 ppb |
| North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis | 4,417 | 4 ppb |
| Harkers Island Sanitary Dist | 2,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandywine Bay | 2,245 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Newport, 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 Newport Ridge Mhp 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.