South Saxapahaw Utility Company, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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
South Saxapahaw Utility Company serves about 108 people through 46 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Alamance County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0201158; phone on file: 336-376-3122. 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 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for South Saxapahaw Utility Company is 2 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 2 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. South Saxapahaw Utility Company's 2 ppb sits at the 84th percentile in North Carolina and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Alamance County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than South 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) |
| Saxapahaw Utility Company | 880 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Saxapahaw, 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 South 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.