Hammond W/D (Sc0420007), SC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Hammond W/D (Sc0420007) at a glance
Hammond W/D (Sc0420007) serves about 21,193 people through 8,645 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 Anderson County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0420007; phone on file: 864-847-4957. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Hammond W/D (Sc0420007)'s lead record
That is up 4 ppb from 7 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hammond W/D (Sc0420007) is 11 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 7 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Hammond W/D (Sc0420007)'s 11 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in South Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
33 other systems share Anderson County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hammond W/D (Sc0420007). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Electric City Utilities (Sc0410012) | 38,204 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powdersville Water District (Sc0420002) | 34,960 | 5 ppb |
| West Anderson W/D (0420006) | 17,430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003) | 17,311 | 3 ppb |
| Big Creek W/S District (0420009) | 13,647 | 0 (not detected) |
| Starr-Iva W/D (Sc0420005) | 11,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broadway W&S District (Sc0420008) | 9,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| Homeland Park W/D (Sc0420001) | 7,328 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belton City Of (Sc0410004) | 6,762 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamston Town Of (Sc0410010) | 6,693 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Belton, 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 Hammond W/D (Sc0420007) 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.