Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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 Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004)
Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004) serves about 43,744 people through 13,351 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 surface water, in Berkeley County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0810004; phone on file: 843-824-2200. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 1.5 ppb from 1.5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004) is 1.5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.88 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. Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 37th percentile in South Carolina and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Berkeley County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bcwsa Sangaree W/D (0820002) | 95,345 | 0.52 ppb |
| Bcwsa East Cooper (Sc0820009) | 12,933 | 0.7 ppb |
| Moncks Corner City Of | 8,956 | 0.64 ppb |
| Jamestown Town Of (Sc0810003) | 800 | 1.2 ppb |
| Macdougall Correctional Inst (Sc0870050) | 790 | 1.6 ppb |
| Bcwsa Sineath Mhp (0850018) | 594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bcwsa Lake Moultrie Estates (0820004) | 156 | 0.5 ppb |
| Butlers Mhp (Sc0860063) | 77 | 3.2 ppb |
| Sandy Run Mhp (Sc0860037) | 41 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garnett Mhp (Sc0860058) | 41 | 0.61 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004)'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 Goose Creek City Of (Sc0810004) 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.