Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.8 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076) serves about 44 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Beaufort County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0760076; phone on file: 843-252-8125. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (1.2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076) is 1.2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.9 ppb |
How Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076) 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. Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076)'s 0.8 ppb sits at the 51st percentile in South Carolina and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Beaufort County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bjw&Sa (Sc0720003) | 164,829 | 0.62 ppb |
| Hilton Head Psd 1 (0720006) | 25,558 | 1 ppb |
| South Island Psd (Sc0720001) | 18,299 | 2.1 ppb |
| Fripp Island Psd (Sc0720002) | 3,536 | 2.3 ppb |
| Broad Creek Psd (Sc0720009) | 3,481 | 0.51 ppb |
| Water Oak Utility Co (Sc0750002) | 2,318 | 2.4 ppb |
| Harbor Island (Sc0750013) | 1,039 | 4.3 ppb |
| Callawassie Island (Sc0750041) | 900 | 2.6 ppb |
| Taylor Mh Estate (Sc0760015) | 162 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lakeview Mhp (Sc0760001) | 114 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lobeco, 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 Briarwood Mhp (Sc0760076) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.