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Summary of results from testing water for lead in licensed child care centers.

Results reported are from tests done through the Clean Water for Carolina Kids™ program, a partnership between RTI International and NC Division of Public Health. Child care centers submitted water samples from each tap or fountain used for drinking or cooking. Data shown here is current as of today’s date.

Total Number of Samples: 39,756

Number of Samples, By Lead Level
  < 0.1 ppb   0.1 - 0.99 ppb   1 - 4.99 ppb   5 - 9.99 ppb   10 - 14.99 ppb   >= 15 ppb
10,837 19,736 6,908 1,129 401 745
27.3% 49.6% 17.4% 2.8% 1.0% 1.9%
Number of Facilities, By Maximum Lead Level
  < 0.1 ppb   0.1 - 0.99 ppb   1 - 4.99 ppb   5 - 9.99 ppb   10 - 14.99 ppb   >= 15 ppb
256 1,750 1,828 464 203 485
5.1% 35.1% 36.7% 9.3% 4.1% 9.7%
Enrollment and Program Completion, By Month
Year Month Initial Enrollments Initial Program Complete Retest Enrollments Retest Program Complete
2020 6 626
2020 7 179
2020 8 121 68
2020 9 93 228
2020 10 396 478
2020 11 152 169
2020 12 66 326
2021 1 265 119
2021 2 527 165
2021 3 601 326
2021 4 149 303
2021 5 145 643
2021 6 515 295
2021 7 107 480
2021 8 27 108
2021 9 66 72
2021 10 17 85
2021 11 22 25
2021 12 10 51
2022 1 20 9
2022 2 17 24
2022 3 15 27
2022 4 11 18
2022 5 14 9
2022 6 10 12
2022 7 17 15
2022 8 13 14
2022 9 24 27
2022 10 21 9
2022 11 21 23
2022 12 17 17
2023 1 7 16
2023 2 7 9
2023 3 19 11
2023 4 7 16
2023 5 11 9 125 0
2023 6 27 6 104 36
2023 7 29 24 81 86
2023 8 28 36 91 126
2023 9 15 18 117 51
2023 10 23 18 151 0
2023 11 14 14 87 236
2023 12 15 21 116 112
2024 1 23 18 223 142
2024 2 15 23 245 132
2024 3 33 18 250 217
2024 4 51 22 257 182
2024 5 34 24 152 147
2024 6 22 30 106 170
2024 7 21 61 76 247
2024 8 24 25 87 112
2024 9 24 16 62 68
2024 10 17 34 67 75
2024 11 12 11 57 36
2024 12 15 33 64 128
2025 1 10 10 58 44
2025 2 17 9 40 57
2025 3 11 30 39 66
2025 4 18 11 37 30
2025 5 20 18 37 40
2025 6 13 22 28 45
2025 7 17 16 25 27
2025 8 12 14 21 17
2025 9 13 8 23 21
2025 10 9 11 28 19
2025 11 8 10 7 26
2025 12 5 15 17 19
2026 1 9 5 24 19
2026 2 15 9 24 12
2026 3 22 18 22 25
2026 4 22 18 23 25
2026 5 13 14 65 13
2026 6 18 25 138 79
2026 7 16 13 87 72
2026 8 19 17 87 105
2026 9 15 18 114 101
2026 10 14 17 73 108
2026 11 1 2 0
Totals 5,094 4,987 3537 3273