Riverbend Estates, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.94 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Riverbend Estates serves about 50 people through 121 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Adams County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: IN5201006; phone on file: 419-357-9091. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Riverbend Estates's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Riverbend Estates is 1.94 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.94 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. Riverbend Estates's 1.94 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in North Carolina and the 69th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
2 other systems share Adams County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Riverbend Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Oxford Manor Mhp | 350 | 144 ppb |
| Round Top Mhp | 185 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Durham, 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 Riverbend 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.