North Town Of (Sc3810010), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.3 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. 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 North Town Of (Sc3810010)
North Town Of (Sc3810010) serves about 1,378 people through 575 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3810010; phone on file: 803-247-2101. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (5.7 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Town Of (Sc3810010) is 6.2 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2025 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.9 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.3 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 5.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 6.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.9 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 Town Of (Sc3810010)'s 5.3 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in South Carolina and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Orangeburg County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than North Town Of (Sc3810010). 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 |
| 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 |
| Springfield Town Of (Sc3810009) | 700 | 3.5 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; North, 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 Town Of (Sc3810010) whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1600 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.