Tuxedo Water System, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Tuxedo Water System at a glance
Tuxedo Water System serves about 168 people through 66 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Henderson County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0145160; phone on file: 919-653-6999. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.26 ppb from 1.26 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tuxedo Water System is 136 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1.26 ppb |
| 2019 | 136 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 9.68 ppb |
How Tuxedo Water System 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. Tuxedo Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in North Carolina and the 14th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
32 other systems share Henderson County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Tuxedo Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hendersonville, City Of | 79,278 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fletcher Academy Inc | 790 | 0 (not detected) |
| High Vista Estates | 775 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fox Ridge S/D | 457 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cinnamon Woods | 288 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hoopers Valley Estates | 220 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rambling Ridge S/D | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodhaven S/D | 198 | 4 ppb |
| Maple Hills Mhp | 185 | 0 (not detected) |
| White Oak Village | 185 | 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 Tuxedo Water System 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.