Spring Lake Mh S/D, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6 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
Spring Lake Mh S/D serves about 61 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Catawba County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0118291; phone on file: 704-236-1305. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Spring Lake Mh S/D's lead record
That is up 6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Spring Lake Mh S/D is 6 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 6 ppb |
| 2025 | 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. Spring Lake Mh S/D's 6 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in North Carolina and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
78 other systems share Catawba County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Spring Lake Mh S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hickory City Of | 71,393 | 0 (not detected) |
| Newton, City Of | 18,407 | 0 (not detected) |
| Conover, City Of | 15,347 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maiden, Town Of | 5,563 | 0 (not detected) |
| Longview, Town Of | 5,244 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southeast Catawba County | 5,080 | 0 (not detected) |
| Claremont, City Of | 2,645 | 0 (not detected) |
| Catawba, Town Of | 1,617 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cross Country Campground Inc | 627 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pebble Bay | 587 | 10 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Statesville, 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 Spring Lake Mh S/D 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.