Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
About Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001)
Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001) serves about 2,550 people through 794 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 Fairfield County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2020001; phone on file: 803-345-5015. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001) is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.75 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. Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001)'s 4 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in South Carolina and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Fairfield County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Winnsboro Town Of (2010001) | 10,391 | 12 ppb |
| Midcounty Water Dist 2 (Sc2020004) | 3,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mitford Water District (Sc2020005) | 1,878 | 0 (not detected) |
| Midcounty Water Dist 1 (2020002) | 1,487 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ridgeway Town Of (Sc2010002) | 950 | 3 ppb |
| Ridgeway Manor (Sc2070002) | 158 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Jenkinsville, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jenkinsville, 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 Jenkinsville Water Company (Sc2020001) 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.