Pilot Mountain Mhp, 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.
Who runs the water here
Pilot Mountain Mhp serves about 49 people through 32 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Surry County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0286134; phone on file: 336-209-6785. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Pilot Mountain Mhp's lead record
That is down 560 ppb from 560 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pilot Mountain Mhp is 560 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 560 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2023 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2022 | 8.9 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Pilot Mountain Mhp compares
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. Pilot Mountain Mhp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in North Carolina and the 3rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
34 other systems share Surry County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pilot Mountain Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Airy, City Of | 10,685 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elkin, Town Of | 4,076 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dobson, Town Of | 2,615 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pilot Mountain, Town Of | 1,976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wedgewood/Town And Country Woods | 587 | 6.1 ppb |
| Hillcrest/Mcbride Heights S/D | 491 | 7 ppb |
| Hollows Water System (The) | 378 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodbridge S/D | 318 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenfield Water System | 244 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colonial Woods Water System | 206 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Madison, 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 Pilot Mountain Mhp whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1700 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. More in what a past exceedance means today.