Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7 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.
About Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003)
Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003) serves about 40,006 people through 15,594 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Greenville County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2320003; phone on file: 864-895-1719. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003)'s lead record
That is up 7 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003) is 7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3 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. Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003)'s 7 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in South Carolina and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Greenville County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville Water (Sc2310001) | 426,057 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greer Cpw | 54,024 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marietta W/D (Sc2320004) | 3,255 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cliffs At Glassy The (Sc2350023) | 1,195 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Trollingwood S/D (Sc2350010) | 180 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Kingswood S/D (Sc2350011) | 77 | 2 ppb |
| Bgwc Woodmont Estate (Sc2350013) | 59 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Greer, 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 Blue Ridge Water Co Inc (Sc2320003) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.