Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035), SC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035) at a glance
Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035) serves about 711 people through 280 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lexington County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3250035; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035)'s lead record
That is down 3 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035) is 41 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 31 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 41 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 8 ppb |
| 2022 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 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 Charwood S/D (3250035)'s 2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in South Carolina and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
68 other systems share Lexington County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Joint Muni Wsc (Sc3220003) | 54,868 | 4 ppb |
| West Columbia City Of (Sc3210004) | 34,028 | 3 ppb |
| Lexington Town Of (3210001) | 24,284 | 4 ppb |
| Cayce City Of (Sc3210003) | 17,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001) | 10,400 | 2 ppb |
| Gaston Rural Water Dist (Sc3220002) | 7,550 | 5 ppb |
| Bgwc I-20 (Sc3250012) | 7,435 | 4.7 ppb |
| Batesburg Leesville Dpw (Sc3210002) | 6,814 | 0 (not detected) |
| Amicks Ferry Wtr System (Sc3250077) | 3,937 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006) | 1,923 | 13 ppb |
Next steps for Columbia, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Columbia, 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 Bgwc Charwood S/D (3250035) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2960 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. More in what a past exceedance means today.