The Bluffs At Blowing Rock, NC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2024). 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.
About The Bluffs At Blowing Rock
The Bluffs At Blowing Rock serves about 254 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Watauga County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC3095044; phone on file: 828-264-8022. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
The Bluffs At Blowing Rock's lead record
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Bluffs At Blowing Rock is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
How The Bluffs At Blowing Rock 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. The Bluffs At Blowing Rock'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 Watauga County
25 other systems share Watauga County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Bluffs At Blowing Rock. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Boone, Town Of | 19,811 | 2.5 ppb |
| Appalachian State Univ Wtp | 11,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beech Mountain, Town Of | 2,468 | 5 ppb |
| Blowing Rock, Town Of | 1,637 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hound Ears Water System | 975 | 0 (not detected) |
| Echota S/D | 710 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powder Horn Mountain | 548 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mill Ridge Poa | 427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Seven Devils, Town Of | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ski Mountain S/D | 397 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Boone, NC
Look up your address in The Bluffs At Blowing Rock'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 The Bluffs At Blowing Rock 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.