Watercolour of a small house at dusk, with the water meter cover in the sidewalk out front.

Is there lead in Charlotte's tap water?

4.2PPBparts per billion of lead in Common Pastures HOA's water at the latest test, from 2021 to 2023

Under the legal limit of 15 ppb

Water companies that supply Charlotte

4 public water companies list Charlotte as a place they supply. The biggest is Common Pastures HOA, with about 69 people. The highest latest result among Charlotte's water companies is 25.6 parts per billion, at West Wind Water. 1 of them was above 15 at their latest test. 1 found too little lead to measure. Small ones like Pine Ridge Water supply just their own grounds or street; most of Charlotte gets its water from Common Pastures HOA. 3 are small systems serving fewer than 500 people each, such as a mobile home park, a subdivision or a business with its own well. Your water bill names yours.

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