Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 7 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 Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038)
Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038) serves about 83 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Aiken County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0260038; phone on file: 803-649-5606. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038)'s lead record
That is up 3.7 ppb from 3.3 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038) is 7 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.9 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. Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038)'s 7 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in South Carolina and the 95th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
23 other systems share Aiken County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aiken City Of (Sc0210001) | 51,533 | 2.7 ppb |
| North Augusta City Of (Sc0210003) | 26,125 | 0.66 ppb |
| Breezy Hill W/D (Sc0220006) | 21,197 | 0.85 ppb |
| Beech Island W/D (Sc0220004) | 8,935 | 4.59 ppb |
| Valley Psa (Sc0220012) | 7,752 | 0.72 ppb |
| New Ellenton Cpw (Sc0210007) | 7,517 | 1.7 ppb |
| Trolley Run Station Development(0220016) | 4,361 | 0.23 ppb |
| Montmorenci W/D (Sc0220008) | 4,006 | 0.76 ppb |
| Jackson Town Of (Sc0210002) | 3,824 | 0.64 ppb |
| College Acres Public W/D (Sc0220002) | 1,360 | 5.8 ppb |
Next steps for Aiken, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Aiken, 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 Cameron Mhp (Sc0260038) 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.