Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004), SC
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 16 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004) at a glance
Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004) serves about 21 people through 24 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3850004; phone on file: 803-854-2152. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (17 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004) is 17 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 17 ppb over 15 |
| 2024 | 6 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.4 ppb |
How Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004) compares
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. Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004)'s 16 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in South Carolina and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
15 other systems share Orangeburg County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg Dpu (Sc3810001) | 47,463 | 0.66 ppb |
| Silver Springs W/D (Sc3820002) | 2,660 | 0.98 ppb |
| Santee Town Of (Sc3810011) | 2,388 | 0.26 ppb |
| Bull Swamp Rural Water Co | 2,350 | 1.6 ppb |
| Holly Hill Town Of (Sc3810002) | 1,710 | 1.7 ppb |
| Elloree Water System (Sc3810003) | 1,498 | 1.2 ppb |
| North Town Of (Sc3810010) | 1,378 | 5.3 ppb |
| Bowman Town Of (Sc3810004) | 1,274 | 2 ppb |
| Branchville Town Of (3810005) | 1,218 | 0.73 ppb |
| Norway Town Of (3810008) | 843 | 1.5 ppb |
Next steps for Santee, SC
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Mccords Ferry At Lake Marion (Sc3850004) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.