Fort Jackson (Sc4010501), 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.
About Fort Jackson (Sc4010501)
Fort Jackson (Sc4010501) serves about 31,000 people through 1,161 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws surface water, in Richland County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC4010501; phone on file: 803-790-7288. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fort Jackson (Sc4010501) is 11 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 5 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. Fort Jackson (Sc4010501)'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
25 other systems share Richland County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Fort Jackson (Sc4010501). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia City Of (Sc4010001) | 354,068 | 5 ppb |
| Hopkins Community Water System (4020002) | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Raintree Acres (Sc4050015) | 828 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastover Town Of (Sc4010002) | 700 | 5 ppb |
| Bay Capital Water Works (Sc4050031) | 647 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) | 484 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Farrowwood Estates (Sc4050012) | 377 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Stonegate (Sc4050014) | 352 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Oakridge Hunt Club (Sc4050019) | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Washington Heights (Sc4050013) | 190 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Fort Jackson (Sc4010501)'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 Fort Jackson (Sc4010501) 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.