Ridge Haven Conference Center, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.5 ppb (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. 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.
Ridge Haven Conference Center at a glance
Ridge Haven Conference Center serves about 100 people through 70 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Transylvania County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0188132; phone on file: 828-862-3916. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 3 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ridge Haven Conference Center is 5.5 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.5 ppb |
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. Ridge Haven Conference Center's 5.5 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in North Carolina and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
16 other systems share Transylvania County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ridge Haven Conference Center. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brevard, City Of | 11,336 | 0 (not detected) |
| Connestee Falls | 3,532 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sapphire Lakes Development | 724 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sherwood Forest Water System | 680 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rosman, Town Of | 650 | 4 ppb |
| The Wilds Camp | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Knob Creek Water System | 445 | 2.1 ppb |
| Turkey Pen Mhp | 229 | 12 ppb |
| Waterford Place | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indian Lakes Estate S/D | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Brevard, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brevard, 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 Ridge Haven Conference Center 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.