Northeast Rowan County Water System, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Northeast Rowan County Water System
Northeast Rowan County Water System serves about 471 people through 183 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 Rowan County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC2080082; phone on file: 704-216-2731. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Northeast Rowan County Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Northeast Rowan County Water System is 136 ppb across 14 monitoring periods, 7 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 7.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 16.6 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 34 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 9.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 136 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 85 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 80 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 74 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 57 ppb over 15 |
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. Northeast Rowan County Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 51st percentile in North Carolina and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
38 other systems share Rowan County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Northeast Rowan County Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Kannapolis, City Of | 56,050 | 0 (not detected) |
| Salisbury-Rowan | 46,156 | 13 ppb |
| Landis, Town Of | 5,510 | 0 (not detected) |
| China Grove, Town Of | 4,895 | 15 ppb |
| East Spencer, Town Of | 1,550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Faith, Town Of | 1,316 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cleveland, Town Of | 872 | 3.8 ppb |
| Westwood Mhp & S/D | 638 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fisherman`S Cove Water System | 359 | 11.8 ppb |
| Edgewood S/D | 259 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salisbury, 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 Northeast Rowan County Water System 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.