Oakland S/D, 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.
About Oakland S/D
Oakland S/D serves about 119 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 Rowan County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0180182; phone on file: 704-857-7571. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakland S/D is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Oakland S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 26th percentile in North Carolina and the 11th 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 Oakland S/D. 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) |
| Northeast Rowan County Water System | 471 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fisherman`S Cove Water System | 359 | 11.8 ppb |
Next steps for Landis, NC
Look up your address in Oakland S/D'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 Oakland S/D 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.