Newberry City Of (Sc3610001), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Newberry City Of (Sc3610001) at a glance
Newberry City Of (Sc3610001) serves about 10,810 people through 5,110 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 Newberry County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3610001; phone on file: 803-276-0311. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Newberry City Of (Sc3610001) is 2 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1.9 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 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. Newberry City Of (Sc3610001)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in South Carolina and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Newberry County
4 other systems share Newberry County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Newberry City Of (Sc3610001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Newberry Co W&Sa (Sc3620002) | 11,157 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whitmire Town Of (Sc3610004) | 2,415 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prosperity Town Of (Sc3610005) | 1,282 | 0 (not detected) |
| Boys Farm Inc (Sc3670108) | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Silverstreet, SC
Look up your address in Newberry City Of (Sc3610001)'s service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Newberry City Of (Sc3610001) 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.