Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
About Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001)
Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001) serves about 14,074 people through 6,599 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 Lancaster County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2910001; phone on file: 803-283-2489. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001) is 3.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 3.8 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. Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001)'s 3 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in South Carolina and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Lancaster County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lancaster County W&Sd (Sc2920001) | 79,107 | 5 ppb |
| Kershaw Town Of (Sc2910003) | 2,567 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heath Springs Town Of (Sc2910002) | 947 | 3 ppb |
| Catawba River Wsp (2920002) | 25 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Lancaster, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lancaster, 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 Lancaster City Of (Sc2910001) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.