Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Combined Util (Sc3910002) serves about 36,098 people through 19,573 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pickens County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3910002; phone on file: 864-859-4013. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002) is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.8 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. Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 36th percentile in South Carolina and the 39th 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 Combined Util (Sc3910002). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Easley Central W/D #1 (Sc3920001) | 3,283 | 7 ppb |
Next steps for Easley, SC
Look up your address in Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002)'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 Combined Util (Sc3910002) 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.