Bgwc Milmont Shores (Sc3250025), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 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 Milmont Shores (Sc3250025) at a glance
Bgwc Milmont Shores (Sc3250025) serves about 57 people through 21 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: SC3250025; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 6 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Milmont Shores (Sc3250025) is 7 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 7 ppb |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Milmont Shores (Sc3250025)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in South Carolina and the 4th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Lexington County
68 other systems share Lexington County; 37 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bgwc Milmont Shores (Sc3250025). 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
Look up your address in Bgwc Milmont Shores (Sc3250025)'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 Milmont Shores (Sc3250025) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 2030 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.