Metals · 2024
Lead in Town of Wake Forest, NC tap water
Town of Wake Forest, NC's 2024 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Range System-wide | 0–5 ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Reported level System-wide | Not detected ug/L | 0 ug/L MCLG |
Verbatim from Town of Wake Forest, NC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Lead
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.
There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
How Town of Wake Forest, NC compares
5 of the 393 systems measuring Lead on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Lead:
People also ask
+Is there Lead in Town of Wake Forest, NC tap water?
Yes — Town of Wake Forest, NC's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0–5 ug/L. Town of Wake Forest, NC's 2024 report shows Lead detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.
+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?
The federal MCLG for Lead is 0 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Lead?
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
+Which other U.S. cities have Lead over the federal limit?
5 of the 393 systems on The Water Map measuring Lead report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Santa Rosa, CA, Atlanta, GA, City of Hemet, CA.
+Where does this Lead measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Town of Wake Forest, NC water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/nc/wake-forest/2024/source.