Oakwood Hills Water System, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Oakwood Hills Water System at a glance
Oakwood Hills Water System serves about 165 people through 65 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 Moore County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0363151. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Oakwood Hills Water System is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Oakwood Hills Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in North Carolina and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Moore County
26 other systems share Moore County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Oakwood Hills Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst | 31,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Pines, Town Of | 24,102 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aberdeen, Town Of | 12,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Moore Water District | 9,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carthage, Town Of | 4,307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Development | 4,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlake Water & Sewer Inc | 2,287 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinebluff, Town Of | 2,208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxfire Village, Town Of | 1,975 | 7.6 ppb |
| Moore Co Public Util-Vass | 1,862 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Oakwood Hills Water System'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 Oakwood Hills 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.