Ocean Sands Development, 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.
Who runs the water here
Ocean Sands Development serves about 2,600 people through 1,016 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Currituck County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0427105; phone on file: 252-453-2620. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ocean Sands Development 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. Ocean Sands Development's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 65th percentile in North Carolina and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Currituck County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ocean Sands Development. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Currituck County Water System | 24,130 | 3 ppb |
| Southern Outer Banks Wtr Syst | 8,209 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carolina Village Mhp | 305 | 3 ppb |
| Ponderosa Mhp | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Backwoods-Saddlebrook Comm Ws | 122 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Corolla, NC
Look up your address in Ocean Sands Development'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 Ocean Sands Development 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.