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North Carolina tap water quality

1,958 community water systems

Lead by system → PFAS by system →
20.1%
exceed lead action level
(390/1936 systems)
39.9%
PFOA/PFOS detected
(112/281 systems)

Largest water systems

Lead is the LCR 90th-percentile result; a value above 0.015 mg/L exceeds the EPA action level. “—” means no lead sample is on file for that system.
SystemCityPopulationLead (p90)
CHARLOTTE WATER CHARLOTTE 1,163,701 0.0066 mg/L
RALEIGH, CITY OF RALEIGH 650,000 0.0043 mg/L
WINSTON-SALEM, CITY OF CLEMMONS 391,900 0.0049 mg/L
DURHAM, CITY OF DURHAM 333,490 0.0050 mg/L
GREENSBORO, CITY OF GREENSBORO 319,588 0.0040 mg/L
CARY, TOWN OF CARY 227,300 0.0152 mg/L
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM FAYETTEVILLE 226,441 0.0174 mg/L
CFPUA-WILMINGTON WILMINGTON 212,227 0.0136 mg/L
UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM MONROE 169,685 0.0096 mg/L
ASHEVILLE CITY OF ASHEVILLE 157,431 0.0284 mg/L
ONSLOW WTR AND SEWER AUTHORITY JACKSONVILLE 156,755 0.0090 mg/L
DAVIDSON WATER INC LEXINGTON 154,307 0.0045 mg/L
BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM LELAND 151,357 0.0225 mg/L
HARNETT REGIONAL WATER LILLINGTON 121,885 0.0094 mg/L
CONCORD, CITY OF CONCORD 120,548 0.0065 mg/L
HIGH POINT, CITY OF HIGH POINT 118,662 0.0057 mg/L
GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMM GREENVILLE 103,140 0.0286 mg/L
JOHNSTON CO-WEST WILSON MILLS 99,027 0.0050 mg/L
TWO RIVERS UTILITIES GASTONIA 96,714 0.0152 mg/L
ORANGE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY CARRBORO 86,500 0.0052 mg/L
APEX, TOWN OF APEX 83,001 0.0110 mg/L
HENDERSONVILLE, CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE 79,278 0.0290 mg/L
HICKORY CITY OF HICKORY 71,393 0.0080 mg/L
ROBESON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM MAXTON 67,970 0.0050 mg/L
OLD NORTH UTILITIES SERVICES/FT BRAGG FAYETTEVILLE 65,000 0.0037 mg/L
BURLINGTON, CITY OF BURLINGTON 61,365 0.0050 mg/L
CLEVELAND COUNTY WATER LAWNDALE 59,395 0.0120 mg/L
KANNAPOLIS, CITY OF KANNAPOLIS 56,050 0.0042 mg/L
ROCKY MOUNT, CITY OF ROCKY MOUNT 55,891 0.0050 mg/L
MOORESVILLE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE 52,509 0.0050 mg/L
HOLLY SPRINGS, TOWN OF HOLLY SPRINGS 51,947 0.0020 mg/L
WILSON, CITY OF WILSON 50,332 0.0095 mg/L
LINCOLN COUNTY WTP DENVER 49,693 0.0122 mg/L
JACKSONVILLE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE 49,093 0.0088 mg/L
SANFORD, CITY OF SANFORD 48,350 0.0050 mg/L
SALISBURY-ROWAN SALISBURY 46,156 0.0178 mg/L
BRUNSWICK REGIONAL WATER AND SEWER H2GO LELAND 45,748 0.0180 mg/L
MONROE, CITY OF MONROE 43,081 0.0116 mg/L
FUQUAY-VARINA, TOWN OF FUQUAY-VARINA 42,954 0.0280 mg/L
WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS GOLDSBORO 39,403 0.0050 mg/L
NEW BERN, CITY OF NEW BERN 37,884 0.0105 mg/L
CRAVEN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM NEW BERN 37,848 0.0117 mg/L
USMC LEJEUNE--HADNOT POINT CAMP LEJEUNE 37,500 0.2360 mg/L
HOKE CO REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM RAEFORD 36,640 0.0040 mg/L
GOLDSBORO, CITY OF GOLDSBORO 34,959 0.0045 mg/L
PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES BURGAW 32,302 0.0054 mg/L
DAVIE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM MOCKSVILLE 31,543 0.0272 mg/L
MOORE CO PUBLIC UTIL-PINEHURST PINEHURST 31,390 0.0090 mg/L
CLAYTON, TOWN OF CLAYTON 30,876 0.1210 mg/L
STATESVILLE, CITY OF STATESVILLE 30,843 0.0206 mg/L
DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM KILL DEVIL HILL 28,732 0.0112 mg/L
ASHEBORO, CITY OF ASHEBORO 27,819 0.0050 mg/L
KINSTON, CITY OF KINSTON 27,475 0.0080 mg/L
THOMASVILLE, CITY OF THOMASVILLE 27,287 0.0148 mg/L
MORGANTON CITY OF MORGANTON 27,221 0.0116 mg/L
IREDELL WATER CORPORATION STATESVILLE 27,173 0.0062 mg/L
OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF OAK ISLAND 26,924 0.0006 mg/L
FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER & SEWER FRANKLINTON 26,060 0.0000 mg/L
LENOIR, CITY OF GRANITE FALLS 25,573 0.0062 mg/L
JOHNSTON CO-EAST SMITHFIELD 25,212 0.0062 mg/L
LUMBERTON, CITY OF LUMBERTON 24,460 0.0178 mg/L
CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM MAPLE 24,130 0.0182 mg/L
SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF PINEBLUFF 24,102 0.0168 mg/L
SHELBY, CITY OF SHELBY 23,600 0.0168 mg/L
KING, CITY OF KING 23,370 0.0082 mg/L
CHATHAM CO-NORTH APEX 23,088 0.0048 mg/L
EASTERN PINES WATER CORP GREENVILLE 23,000 0.0057 mg/L
RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM ROCKINGHAM 22,578 0.0074 mg/L
BEAUFORT CO NORTHSIDE REGIONAL WATER WASHINGTON 22,405 0.0060 mg/L
FOREST CITY, TOWN OF FOREST CITY 21,521 0.0068 mg/L
ENERGY UNITED WATER CORP HIDDENITE 21,148 0.0110 mg/L
HARRISBURG, TOWN OF HARRISBURG 20,549 0.0045 mg/L
HALIFAX CO--HALIFAX ROANOKE RAPIDS 20,250 0.0050 mg/L
MEBANE, CITY OF MEBANE 20,212 0.0080 mg/L
BOONE, TOWN OF BOONE 19,811 0.0130 mg/L
WAYNESVILLE, TOWN OF WAYNESVILLE 19,758 0.0058 mg/L
PAMLICO COUNTY WATER BAYBORO 19,665 0.0170 mg/L
LEXINGTON, CITY OF LEXINGTON 19,632 0.0036 mg/L
WEST CARTERET WATER CORP NEWPORT 19,512 0.0116 mg/L
MOUNT HOLLY, CITY OF MT HOLLY 19,200 0.0050 mg/L
ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF ELIZABETH CITY 19,187 0.0100 mg/L
MOREHEAD CITY, TOWN OF MOREHEAD CITY 18,846 0.0090 mg/L
SOUTH GRANVILLE WTR&SEWER AUTHORITY BUTNER 18,555 0.0050 mg/L
DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM KENANSVILLE 18,542 0.0064 mg/L
NEWTON, CITY OF NEWTON 18,407 0.0042 mg/L
ALBEMARLE, CITY OF ALBEMARLE 18,396 0.0070 mg/L
GRAHAM, CITY OF MEBANE 18,354 0.0050 mg/L
LAURINBURG, CITY OF LAURINBURG 18,288 0.0050 mg/L
BROAD RIVER WATER AUTHORITY RUTHERFORDTON 18,242 0.0030 mg/L
BELMONT, CITY OF BELMONT 17,477 0.0036 mg/L
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT CHERRY POINT 17,144 0.0082 mg/L
USMC LEJEUNE--HOLCOMB BLVD CAMP LEJEUNE 17,000 0.0148 mg/L
BAYLEAF MASTER RALEIGH 16,715 0.0050 mg/L
LINCOLNTON, CITY OF LINCOLNTON 16,309 0.0138 mg/L
WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE GOLDSBORO 16,302 0.0000 mg/L
CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM 16,203 0.0072 mg/L
CALDWELL CO WATER SYSTEM-SE HUDSON 15,710 0.0082 mg/L
ROANOKE RAPIDS SANITARY DIST ROANOKE RAPIDS 15,630 0.0050 mg/L
EDEN, CITY OF EDEN 15,500 0.0050 mg/L
NORTH LENOIR WATER CORP KINSTON 15,494 0.0050 mg/L