Gcwsd Garden City Point (Sc2220011), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.35 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Gcwsd Garden City Point (Sc2220011) serves about 1,790 people through 729 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 surface water, in Georgetown County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2220011; phone on file: 843-237-9727. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0.39 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gcwsd Garden City Point (Sc2220011) is 0.56 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.35 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.39 ppb |
| 2019 | 0.56 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Gcwsd Garden City Point (Sc2220011)'s 0.35 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in South Carolina and the 42nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Georgetown County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gcwsd Garden City Point (Sc2220011). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gcwsd Waccamaw Neck (Sc2220010) | 41,300 | 6.9 ppb |
| Georgetown City Of (Sc2210001) | 9,092 | 7.4 ppb |
| Georgetown Rural Comm Wa (2220001) | 4,941 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gcwsd Kilsock Water Sys (Sc2220002) | 4,417 | 2 ppb |
| Andrews Town Of (Sc2210003) | 3,450 | 2.5 ppb |
| Gcwsd Carvers Bay (Sc2220013) | 3,133 | 0.43 ppb |
| Browns Ferry Water Co (Sc2220003) | 2,550 | 0.25 ppb |
| Gcwsd Wedgefield Plantation (2220006) | 1,132 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004) | 1,079 | 2.9 ppb |
| Gcwsd Red Hill (2220007) | 726 | 2.9 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Pawleys Island, 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 Gcwsd Garden City Point (Sc2220011) 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.