Bgwc Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Bgwc Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016) at a glance
Bgwc Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016) serves about 292 people through 118 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Lexington County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3250016; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016) is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Bgwc Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016) 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 Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016)'s 2 ppb sits at the 68th percentile in South Carolina and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Lexington County
68 other systems share Lexington County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bgwc Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016). 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 Falcon Ranches (Sc3250016) 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.