Stephanie Woods S/D, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Stephanie Woods S/D at a glance
Stephanie Woods S/D serves about 245 people through 95 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Johnston County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0351165; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Stephanie Woods S/D is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Stephanie Woods S/D's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st percentile in North Carolina and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Johnston County
46 other systems share Johnston County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Stephanie Woods S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Johnston Co-West | 99,027 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clayton, Town Of | 30,876 | 0 (not detected) |
| Johnston Co-East | 25,212 | 0 (not detected) |
| Smithfield, Town Of | 12,900 | 0 (not detected) |
| Flowers Plantation | 12,809 | 0 (not detected) |
| Selma, Town Of | 6,190 | 0 (not detected) |
| Benson, Town Of | 4,802 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Clayton - North | 4,703 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Level, Town Of | 2,413 | 1.4 ppb |
| Four Oaks, Town Of | 2,302 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Stephanie Woods S/D'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 Stephanie Woods 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.