Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008), 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.
Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) at a glance
Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) serves about 484 people through 196 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Richland County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC4050008; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008)'s lead record
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
How Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) compares
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 Charleswood S/D (4050008)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 20th percentile in South Carolina and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Richland County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia City Of (Sc4010001) | 354,068 | 5 ppb |
| Fort Jackson (Sc4010501) | 31,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hopkins Community Water System (4020002) | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Raintree Acres (Sc4050015) | 828 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastover Town Of (Sc4010002) | 700 | 5 ppb |
| Bay Capital Water Works (Sc4050031) | 647 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Farrowwood Estates (Sc4050012) | 377 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Stonegate (Sc4050014) | 352 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Oakridge Hunt Club (Sc4050019) | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Washington Heights (Sc4050013) | 190 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008)'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 Charleswood S/D (4050008) 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.