Saxapahaw Utility Company, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Saxapahaw Utility Company
Saxapahaw Utility Company serves about 880 people through 226 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Alamance County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0201130; phone on file: 336-376-3122. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Saxapahaw Utility Company's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Saxapahaw Utility Company is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Saxapahaw Utility Company's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 57th percentile in North Carolina and the 26th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Alamance County
28 other systems share Alamance County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Saxapahaw Utility Company. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Burlington, City Of | 61,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mebane, City Of | 20,212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Graham, City Of | 18,354 | 0 (not detected) |
| Elon, Town Of | 11,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Haw River, Town Of | 2,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swepsonville, Town Of | 2,497 | 8 ppb |
| Green Level, Town Of | 2,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ossipee Town Of | 2,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Alamance | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cane Creek S/D | 394 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Saxapahaw Utility Company'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 Saxapahaw Utility Company 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.