Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.73 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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
Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049) serves about 4,415 people through 1,796 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Horry County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2660049; phone on file: 843-447-7326. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0.55 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049) is 3.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.73 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.55 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.1 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. Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049)'s 0.73 ppb sits at the 50th percentile in South Carolina and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Horry County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Strand W&Sa/Bull Creek | 252,840 | 0.51 ppb |
| Myrtle Beach City Of | 49,375 | 0.65 ppb |
| N Myrtle Beach City Of (Sc2610011) | 43,883 | 1.3 ppb |
| Conway City Of (Sc2610008) | 27,005 | 2.5 ppb |
| Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003) | 17,123 | 2.1 ppb |
| Conway Rural (Sc2620001) | 12,740 | 0.98 ppb |
| Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048) | 10,727 | 2.3 ppb |
| Loris City Of (Sc2610010) | 4,350 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gswsa - Myrtle Beach | 25 | 15 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Myrtle Beach, 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 Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.