Whispering Pines Development, NC
Lead reported as not detected
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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Whispering Pines Development at a glance
Whispering Pines Development serves about 4,178 people through 1,657 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Moore County, North Carolina. EPA system ID: NC0363112; phone on file: 800-525-7990. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 3.82 ppb from 3.82 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Whispering Pines Development is 9.77 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3.82 ppb |
| 2019 | 9.77 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Whispering Pines Development's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 68th percentile in North Carolina and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
26 other systems share Moore County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Whispering Pines Development. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst | 31,390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Pines, Town Of | 24,102 | 0 (not detected) |
| Aberdeen, Town Of | 12,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Moore Water District | 9,330 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carthage, Town Of | 4,307 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodlake Water & Sewer Inc | 2,287 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pinebluff, Town Of | 2,208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Foxfire Village, Town Of | 1,975 | 7.6 ppb |
| Moore Co Public Util-Vass | 1,862 | 0 (not detected) |
| Robbins Water System | 1,579 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Charlotte, NC
Look up your address in Whispering Pines Development's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Whispering Pines Development 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.