Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033), SC
Lead reported as not detected
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 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033) serves about 270 people through 108 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Anderson County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0450033; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033) is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 18th percentile in South Carolina and the 18th 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 Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033). 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) |
| Belton City Of (Sc0410004) | 6,762 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033)'s service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bgwc Bridgewater (Sc0450033) 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.