Dcws/Reevesville, SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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 Dcws/Reevesville
Dcws/Reevesville serves about 300 people through 109 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Dorchester County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC1820002; phone on file: 843-832-0075. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Dcws/Reevesville's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0.84 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dcws/Reevesville is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.84 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.67 ppb |
How Dcws/Reevesville 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. Dcws/Reevesville's 1 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in South Carolina and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Dorchester County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dcws/Reevesville. 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 |
| Dcws/Clay Field Drive (Sc1850014) | 1,648 | 0.55 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 |
Next steps for Summerville, SC
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/Reevesville 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.