Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.52 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
Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002) serves about 95,345 people through 36,804 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Berkeley County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0820002; phone on file: 843-719-2336. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (0.36 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002) is 0.67 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.52 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.36 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.67 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.63 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. Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002)'s 0.52 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in South Carolina and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Berkeley County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004) | 43,744 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bcwsa East Cooper (Sc0820009) | 12,933 | 0.7 ppb |
| Moncks Corner City Of | 8,956 | 0.64 ppb |
| Jamestown Town Of (Sc0810003) | 800 | 1.2 ppb |
| Macdougall Correctional Inst (Sc0870050) | 790 | 1.6 ppb |
| Bcwsa Sineath Mhp (0850018) | 594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bcwsa Lake Moultrie Estates (0820004) | 156 | 0.5 ppb |
| Butlers Mhp (Sc0860063) | 77 | 3.2 ppb |
| Sandy Run Mhp (Sc0860037) | 41 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garnett Mhp (Sc0860058) | 41 | 0.61 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Moncks Corner, 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 Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002) 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.