Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001) at a glance
Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001) serves about 10,400 people through 4,309 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 groundwater, in Lexington County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3220001; phone on file: 803-892-5544. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001)'s lead record
That is down 5 ppb from 7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001) is 7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 7 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001)'s 2 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in South Carolina and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
68 other systems share Lexington County; 25 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Joint Muni Wsc (Sc3220003) | 54,868 | 4 ppb |
| West Columbia City Of (Sc3210004) | 34,028 | 3 ppb |
| Lexington Town Of (3210001) | 24,284 | 4 ppb |
| Cayce City Of (Sc3210003) | 17,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gaston Rural Water Dist (Sc3220002) | 7,550 | 5 ppb |
| Bgwc I-20 (Sc3250012) | 7,435 | 4.7 ppb |
| Batesburg Leesville Dpw (Sc3210002) | 6,814 | 0 (not detected) |
| Amicks Ferry Wtr System (Sc3250077) | 3,937 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006) | 1,923 | 13 ppb |
| Bgwc Glenn Village Ii (Sc3250058) | 1,430 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gilbert, 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 Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.