Turkey Pen Mhp, NC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 12 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Turkey Pen Mhp at a glance
Turkey Pen Mhp serves about 229 people through 77 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Transylvania County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0188118; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (12 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Turkey Pen Mhp is 12 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2025 | 12 ppb over 10 |
How Turkey Pen Mhp 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. Turkey Pen Mhp's 12 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in North Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Transylvania County
16 other systems share Transylvania County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Turkey Pen Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Brevard, City Of | 11,336 | 0 (not detected) |
| Connestee Falls | 3,532 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sapphire Lakes Development | 724 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sherwood Forest Water System | 680 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rosman, Town Of | 650 | 4 ppb |
| The Wilds Camp | 450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Knob Creek Water System | 445 | 2.1 ppb |
| Ridge Haven Conference Center | 100 | 5.5 ppb |
| Waterford Place | 95 | 0 (not detected) |
| Indian Lakes Estate S/D | 75 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cary, 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 Turkey Pen Mhp 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.