Bgwc Westside Terrace (3250002), SC
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 40 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Bgwc Westside Terrace (3250002) serves about 172 people through 68 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: SC3250002; phone on file: 803-699-2422. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 29 ppb from 69 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bgwc Westside Terrace (3250002) is 108 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 10 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 69 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2022 | 24 ppb over 15 |
| 2022 | 108 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 59 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 43 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 34 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 22 ppb over 15 |
| 2020 | 46 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 31 ppb over 15 |
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 Westside Terrace (3250002)'s 40 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in South Carolina and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
68 other systems share Lexington County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bgwc Westside Terrace (3250002). 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
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bgwc Westside Terrace (3250002) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.