Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001), SC
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2022). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001) at a glance
Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001) serves about 5,200 people through 2,547 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Abbeville County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0120001; phone on file: 864-379-2226. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001) is 22 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 7 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 21 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 22 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 10 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. Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 30th percentile in South Carolina and the 35th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Abbeville County
3 other systems share Abbeville County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Abbeville City Of (Sc0110001) | 5,650 | 0 (not detected) |
| Calhoun Falls Town Of (Sc0110002) | 2,473 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Purdy Shores (Sc0150014) | 266 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Donalds, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Donalds, 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 Donalds-Due West W&Sa (Sc0120001) 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.