West 49 Mhp, NC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About West 49 Mhp
West 49 Mhp serves about 93 people through 40 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Randolph County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0276143; phone on file: 980-939-4472. 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 2016 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for West 49 Mhp is 4 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How West 49 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. West 49 Mhp's 4 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in North Carolina and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Randolph County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than West 49 Mhp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Asheboro, City Of | 27,819 | 0 (not detected) |
| Archdale, City Of | 12,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Randleman, City Of | 4,631 | 0 (not detected) |
| Liberty, Town Of | 2,655 | 8.7 ppb |
| Seagrove-Ulah Metro Water Dist | 2,413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ramseur, Town Of | 1,790 | 0 (not detected) |
| Franklinville, Town Of | 1,400 | 11 ppb |
| Richland Village Mhp | 389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hidden Forest Mhp | 380 | 0 (not detected) |
| Canterbury Trails | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Charlotte, 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 West 49 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.