Bull Swamp Rural Water Co, SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Bull Swamp Rural Water Co
Bull Swamp Rural Water Co serves about 2,350 people through 950 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3820001; phone on file: 803-268-4401. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bull Swamp Rural Water Co is 1.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.98 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. Bull Swamp Rural Water Co's 1.6 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in South Carolina and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Orangeburg County
15 other systems share Orangeburg County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bull Swamp Rural Water Co. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg Dpu (Sc3810001) | 47,463 | 0.66 ppb |
| Silver Springs W/D (Sc3820002) | 2,660 | 0.98 ppb |
| Santee Town Of (Sc3810011) | 2,388 | 0.26 ppb |
| Holly Hill Town Of (Sc3810002) | 1,710 | 1.7 ppb |
| Elloree Water System (Sc3810003) | 1,498 | 1.2 ppb |
| North Town Of (Sc3810010) | 1,378 | 5.3 ppb |
| Bowman Town Of (Sc3810004) | 1,274 | 2 ppb |
| Branchville Town Of (3810005) | 1,218 | 0.73 ppb |
| Norway Town Of (3810008) | 843 | 1.5 ppb |
| Springfield Town Of (Sc3810009) | 700 | 3.5 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Orangeburg, 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 Bull Swamp Rural Water Co 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.