Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 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.
Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001) at a glance
Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001) serves about 43 people through 16 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Greenwood County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2460001; phone on file: 864-942-2581. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001)'s lead record
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001) is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1.4 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. Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001)'s 3 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in South Carolina and the 81st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
5 other systems share Greenwood County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Cpw (2410001) | 52,022 | 4 ppb |
| Ware Shoals Town Of (Sc2410003) | 3,174 | 0 (not detected) |
| Ninety Six Cpw (Sc2410002) | 2,880 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mathews Heights (Sc2450021) | 73 | 15 ppb |
| Country Acres (Sc2450057) | 34 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Ninety Six, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ninety Six, 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 Mitchell Mhp (Sc2460001) 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.