Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003) serves about 757 people through 309 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Aiken County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0220003; phone on file: 803-593-3221. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0.82 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003) is 1.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.82 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.9 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 553 South Carolina systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.73 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 47 have gone over at some point. Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003)'s 1.1 ppb sits at the 57th percentile in South Carolina and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Aiken County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aiken City Of (Sc0210001) | 51,533 | 2.7 ppb |
| North Augusta City Of (Sc0210003) | 26,125 | 0.66 ppb |
| Breezy Hill W/D (Sc0220006) | 21,197 | 0.85 ppb |
| Beech Island W/D (Sc0220004) | 8,935 | 4.59 ppb |
| Valley Psa (Sc0220012) | 7,752 | 0.72 ppb |
| New Ellenton Cpw (Sc0210007) | 7,517 | 1.7 ppb |
| Trolley Run Station Development(0220016) | 4,361 | 0.23 ppb |
| Montmorenci W/D (Sc0220008) | 4,006 | 0.76 ppb |
| Jackson Town Of (Sc0210002) | 3,824 | 0.64 ppb |
| College Acres Public W/D (Sc0220002) | 1,360 | 5.8 ppb |
Next steps for Bath, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bath, SC 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 Bath W&Sd (Sc0220003) 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.