Scotland Co Water-South, 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 Scotland Co Water-South
Scotland Co Water-South serves about 1,905 people through 750 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Scotland County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0383035; phone on file: 910-291-1716. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2016 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Scotland Co Water-South is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Scotland Co Water-South compares
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. Scotland Co Water-South's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 62nd percentile in North Carolina and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Scotland County
7 other systems share Scotland County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Scotland Co Water-South. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Laurinburg, City Of | 18,288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scotland Co Water - North | 1,219 | 4 ppb |
| Wagram, Town Of | 965 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scotland Co Water - Gillis Hill | 965 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gibson, Town Of | 589 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scotland Co Water - Barnes Bridge | 584 | 0 (not detected) |
| Scotland Co Water - Malloy Rd | 330 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Laurinburg, NC
Look up your address in Scotland Co Water-South'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 Scotland Co Water-South 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.