Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D at a glance
Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D serves about 343 people through 135 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Guilford County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC3041066; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D is 17.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 17.3 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 2.31 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.4 ppb |
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. Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 46th percentile in North Carolina and the 20th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
79 other systems share Guilford County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greensboro, City Of | 319,588 | 0 (not detected) |
| High Point, City Of | 118,662 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gibsonville, Town Of | 8,920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jamestown, Town Of | 6,543 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stokesdale, Town Of | 2,252 | 0 (not detected) |
| Autumn Forest Mhp | 686 | 12 ppb |
| Quarterstone Farm/Country Xing | 683 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ridgewood S/D | 668 | 3.5 ppb |
| Arbor Run/Charles Place S/D | 576 | 2.7 ppb |
| Wilson Farms/Auburndale | 465 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cary, 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 Ridgecrest/Bakersfield S/D 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.