Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist, 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.
Who runs the water here
Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist serves about 2,413 people through 950 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 surface water, in Randolph County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0276040. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist'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 Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3 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. Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 64th percentile in North Carolina and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
31 other systems share Randolph County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheboro, City Of | 27,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Archdale, City Of | 12,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Randleman, City Of | 4,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty, Town Of | 2,655 | 8.7 ppb |
| Ramseur, Town Of | 1,790 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklinville, Town Of | 1,400 | 11 ppb |
| Richland Village Mhp | 389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hidden Forest Mhp | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canterbury Trails | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
| Piedmont Estates | 233 | 1.8 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist'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 Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.