Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007) serves about 3,234 people through 1,426 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Pickens County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3920007; phone on file: 864-639-2883. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007)'s lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007) is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in South Carolina and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Pickens County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002) | 36,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clemson City Of (Sc3910004) | 17,896 | 5 ppb |
| Six Mile W/D (Sc3920002) | 14,845 | 2.11 ppb |
| Pickens Water Treatment Plant Sc3910001 | 10,263 | 4 ppb |
| Southside W/D (3920010) | 9,568 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dacusville-Cedar Rock Wt Co (Sc3920008) | 8,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clemson University (Sc3910006) | 8,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethlehem-Roanoke W/D (Sc3920003) | 6,334 | 14 ppb |
| Liberty City Of (Sc3910003) | 3,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Town Of (Sc3910005) | 3,495 | 5 ppb |
Next steps for Norris, SC
Look up your address in Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007)'s service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Easley Central W/D #2 (Sc3920007) 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.