Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027), SC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027)
Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027) serves about 33 people through 34 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Oconee County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3750027; phone on file: 864-421-7948. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027)'s lead record
That is up 11 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027) is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
Against other South Carolina systems
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. Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027)'s 13 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in South Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Oconee County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Seneca City Of (Sc3710002) | 39,772 | 3 ppb |
| Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001) | 16,929 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walhalla City Of (Sc3710004) | 16,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westminster City Of (Sc3710003) | 9,588 | 4 ppb |
| Salem Town Of (Sc3710001) | 6,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keowee Key Utility System Inc (3750023) | 4,108 | 3 ppb |
| View At The Pier The (Sc3770300) | 864 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chickasaw Point (Sc3750010) | 823 | 7 ppb |
| Harts Cove And Tory Pointe (Sc3750029) | 560 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Union Town Of (3710005) | 468 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Salem, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salem, 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 Bay Ridge S/D (Sc3750027) 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.