Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021)
Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021) serves about 335 people through 170 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Lexington County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3250021; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021)'s lead record
That is down 11 ppb from 13 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021) is 13 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 1.3 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. Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021)'s 2 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in South Carolina and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
68 other systems share Lexington County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bgwc Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021). 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 |
Your move
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 Dutchman Shores (Sc3250021) 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.