North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.6 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863) at a glance
North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863) serves about 272 people through 136 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC1470863; phone on file: 803-485-2525. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 2 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863) is 3.7 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 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. North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863)'s 1.6 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in South Carolina and the 65th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Clarendon County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manning City Of (Sc1410002) | 7,632 | 1.4 ppb |
| Clarendon Co W&S Hwy 260 (Sc1450013) | 3,521 | 0.27 ppb |
| Summerton Town Of (Sc1410003) | 2,096 | 0.42 ppb |
| Barrineau Water System (Sc1420002) | 1,879 | 2 ppb |
| Turbeville Town Of (Sc1410004) | 735 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gin Pond Shores Water Co (Sc1450005) | 664 | 1.6 ppb |
| Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009) | 618 | 3.8 ppb |
| Cypress Pointe Condos (Sc1470304) | 154 | 3.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Summerton, 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 North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.