Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.55 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.
About Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014)
Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014) serves about 1,648 people through 586 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Dorchester County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC1850014; phone on file: 843-832-0075. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (0.15 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014) is 2.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.55 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.15 ppb |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.51 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. Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014)'s 0.55 ppb sits at the 46th percentile in South Carolina and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Dorchester County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Summerville Cpw (Sc1810003) | 81,750 | 0.3 ppb |
| Dcwa Knightsville (Sc1820001) | 40,141 | 0.35 ppb |
| Dcws Ashley Phosphate (Sc1820008) | 26,536 | 0.5 ppb |
| St George Town Of (Sc1810001) | 2,300 | 3 ppb |
| Lieber Correctional Institute (1870050) | 1,646 | 4.7 ppb |
| Dcws Southern Palms (Sc1850011) | 1,494 | 0.71 ppb |
| Ridgeville Industrial Campus (Sc1830031) | 999 | 2 ppb |
| Harleyville Town Of (Sc1810002) | 946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dcws Edisto Tribal Council (1850010) | 925 | 1.5 ppb |
| Homecoming Subdivision (Sc1850016) | 883 | 0.78 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Summerville, 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 Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014) 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.