Rocky Mount, City Of, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Rocky Mount, City Of
Rocky Mount, City Of serves about 55,891 people through 22,312 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Nash County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0464010; phone on file: 252-972-1336. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Rocky Mount, City Of is 0 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Rocky Mount, City Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 78th percentile in North Carolina and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Nash County
15 other systems share Nash County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Rocky Mount, City Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Central Nash Water & Sewer | 7,675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nashville, Town Of | 5,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sharpsburg, Town Of | 1,945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northern Nash Water District | 1,694 | 0 (not detected) |
| Middlesex Water System | 1,389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Spring Hope, Town Of | 1,312 | 5.8 ppb |
| Nash County Water System Area 2 | 701 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bailey, Town Of | 566 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ransdell Forest S/D Mhp | 124 | 7 ppb |
| Cedar Lake Mhp | 124 | 4 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Rocky Mount, City Of's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Rocky Mount, City Of 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.