North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis at a glance
North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis serves about 4,417 people through 1,739 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Carteret County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0416197; phone on file: 800-525-7990. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis's lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis is 4 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
How North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis 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. North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis's 4 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in North Carolina and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
29 other systems share Carteret County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis. 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 |
| Harkers Island Sanitary Dist | 2,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| Brandywine Bay | 2,245 | 0 (not detected) |
| Goose Creek Resort | 1,600 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Charlotte, 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 North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1476 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.