Elloree Water System (Sc3810003), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Elloree Water System (Sc3810003) at a glance
Elloree Water System (Sc3810003) serves about 1,498 people through 689 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3810003; phone on file: 843-687-2240. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Elloree Water System (Sc3810003)'s lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Elloree Water System (Sc3810003) is 2.2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2021 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2018 | 2.2 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. Elloree Water System (Sc3810003)'s 1.2 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in South Carolina and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Orangeburg County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Elloree Water System (Sc3810003). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg Dpu (Sc3810001) | 47,463 | 0.66 ppb |
| Silver Springs W/D (Sc3820002) | 2,660 | 0.98 ppb |
| Santee Town Of (Sc3810011) | 2,388 | 0.26 ppb |
| Bull Swamp Rural Water Co | 2,350 | 1.6 ppb |
| Holly Hill Town Of (Sc3810002) | 1,710 | 1.7 ppb |
| North Town Of (Sc3810010) | 1,378 | 5.3 ppb |
| Bowman Town Of (Sc3810004) | 1,274 | 2 ppb |
| Branchville Town Of (3810005) | 1,218 | 0.73 ppb |
| Norway Town Of (3810008) | 843 | 1.5 ppb |
| Springfield Town Of (Sc3810009) | 700 | 3.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elloree, 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 Elloree Water System (Sc3810003) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.