Southern Pines, Town Of, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Southern Pines, Town Of at a glance
Southern Pines, Town Of serves about 24,102 people through 9,641 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 Moore County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0363010; phone on file: 910-281-4719. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southern Pines, Town Of is 16.8 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 16.8 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
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. Southern Pines, Town Of's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 76th percentile in North Carolina and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Moore County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southern Pines, Town Of. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst | 31,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aberdeen, Town Of | 12,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Moore Water District | 9,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carthage, Town Of | 4,307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Development | 4,178 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlake Water & Sewer Inc | 2,287 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinebluff, Town Of | 2,208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxfire Village, Town Of | 1,975 | 7.6 ppb |
| Moore Co Public Util-Vass | 1,862 | 0 (not detected) |
| Robbins Water System | 1,579 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Pinebluff, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pinebluff, 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 Southern Pines, Town 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.