Gcwsd Red Hill (2220007), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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 Red Hill (2220007) serves about 726 people through 301 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 Georgetown County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2220007; phone on file: 843-237-9727. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gcwsd Red Hill (2220007)'s lead record
That is up 2.59 ppb from 0.31 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gcwsd Red Hill (2220007) is 2.9 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.31 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.68 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. Gcwsd Red Hill (2220007)'s 2.9 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in South Carolina and the 80th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Georgetown County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gcwsd Red Hill (2220007). 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 Garden City Point (Sc2220011) | 1,790 | 0.35 ppb |
| Gcwsd Wedgefield Plantation (2220006) | 1,132 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004) | 1,079 | 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 Red Hill (2220007) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.