Belton City Of (Sc0410004), SC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Belton City Of (Sc0410004) at a glance
Belton City Of (Sc0410004) serves about 6,762 people through 2,904 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Anderson County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0410004; phone on file: 864-338-0058. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Belton City Of (Sc0410004)'s lead record
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Belton City Of (Sc0410004) is 58 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 30 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 33 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 58 ppb over 15 |
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. Belton City Of (Sc0410004)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in South Carolina and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Anderson County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Belton City Of (Sc0410004). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Electric City Utilities (Sc0410012) | 38,204 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powdersville Water District (Sc0420002) | 34,960 | 5 ppb |
| Hammond W/D (Sc0420007) | 21,193 | 11 ppb |
| West Anderson W/D (0420006) | 17,430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003) | 17,311 | 3 ppb |
| Big Creek W/S District (0420009) | 13,647 | 0 (not detected) |
| Starr-Iva W/D (Sc0420005) | 11,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broadway W&S District (Sc0420008) | 9,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| Homeland Park W/D (Sc0420001) | 7,328 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamston Town Of (Sc0410010) | 6,693 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Belton, 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 Belton City Of (Sc0410004) 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.