Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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 Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003)
Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003) serves about 17,123 people through 7,943 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Horry County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2620003; phone on file: 843-248-3195. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 1.75 ppb from 0.35 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003) is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.35 ppb |
| 2018 | 0.97 ppb |
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. Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003)'s 2.1 ppb sits at the 71st percentile in South Carolina and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Horry County
9 other systems share Horry County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Strand W&Sa/Bull Creek | 252,840 | 0.51 ppb |
| Myrtle Beach City Of | 49,375 | 0.65 ppb |
| N Myrtle Beach City Of (Sc2610011) | 43,883 | 1.3 ppb |
| Conway City Of (Sc2610008) | 27,005 | 2.5 ppb |
| Conway Rural (Sc2620001) | 12,740 | 0.98 ppb |
| Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048) | 10,727 | 2.3 ppb |
| Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049) | 4,415 | 0.73 ppb |
| Loris City Of (Sc2610010) | 4,350 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gswsa - Myrtle Beach | 25 | 15 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Conway, 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 Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.