Vance Co Water District Phase 1, NC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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 Vance Co Water District Phase 1
Vance Co Water District Phase 1 serves about 1,580 people through 622 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Vance County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC4091008; phone on file: 252-235-4900. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2026 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vance Co Water District Phase 1 is 30 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 30 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
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. Vance Co Water District Phase 1's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 61st percentile in North Carolina and the 29th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share Vance County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vance Co Water District Phase 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr | 14,937 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vance Co Water District Phase 2 | 1,376 | 0 (not detected) |
| Vance County Water District - Kittrell | 1,282 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lynnbank Estates | 115 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hunter`S Ridge S/D | 81 | 0 (not detected) |
| Edgewood Estates | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Raleigh, 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 Vance Co Water District Phase 1 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.