Piedmont Estates, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.8 ppb (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. 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.
Piedmont Estates at a glance
Piedmont Estates serves about 233 people through 95 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Randolph County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0276149; phone on file: 336-992-9000. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Piedmont Estates is 1.8 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
Against other North Carolina systems
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. Piedmont Estates's 1.8 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in North Carolina and the 67th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Randolph County
31 other systems share Randolph County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Piedmont Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheboro, City Of | 27,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Archdale, City Of | 12,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Randleman, City Of | 4,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty, Town Of | 2,655 | 8.7 ppb |
| Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist | 2,413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ramseur, Town Of | 1,790 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklinville, Town Of | 1,400 | 11 ppb |
| Richland Village Mhp | 389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hidden Forest Mhp | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canterbury Trails | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kernersville, 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 Piedmont Estates 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.