The Trails S/D, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.6 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. 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.
About The Trails S/D
The Trails S/D serves about 200 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 Orange County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0368182. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
The Trails S/D's lead record
That is up 4.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for The Trails S/D is 66 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2019 | 66 ppb over 15 |
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. The Trails S/D's 4.6 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in North Carolina and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Orange County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than The Trails S/D. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Water & Sewer Authority | 86,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hillsborough, Town Of | 14,006 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orange-Alamance Water System | 9,223 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stoneridge Master | 681 | 0 (not detected) |
| Birchwood Mhp | 312 | 3 ppb |
| Robin`S Wood | 246 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maple Ridge Mhp | 216 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwood S/D | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines | 183 | 0 (not detected) |
| Orange Mhp | 144 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pittsboro, 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 The Trails 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.