Sunset Point S/D, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
Sunset Point S/D at a glance
Sunset Point S/D serves about 43 people through 17 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Mcdowell County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC1056013; phone on file: 704-236-4099. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3 ppb from 7 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sunset Point S/D is 7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 4 ppb |
| 2025 | 7 ppb |
| 2022 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 6 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Sunset Point S/D compares
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. Sunset Point S/D's 4 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in North Carolina and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
20 other systems share Mcdowell County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Sunset Point S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Marion, City Of | 9,362 | 0 (not detected) |
| Old Fort, Town Of | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcdowell Co--Nebo | 902 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riverside Mhp | 399 | 0 (not detected) |
| Black Bear Development | 343 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marion Moose Lodge | 320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlawn Heights Water System | 315 | 0 (not detected) |
| Little Switzerland Comm Assoc | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deer Park Health & Rehab. | 290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marion Moose Lodge-Mountain | 160 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Nebo, NC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Nebo, 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 Sunset Point 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.