Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.3 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.
About Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048)
Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048) serves about 10,727 people through 3,497 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Horry County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC2660048; phone on file: 843-238-5636. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048)'s lead record
That is up 1.1 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048) is 2.3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.58 ppb |
How Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048) 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. Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048)'s 2.3 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in South Carolina and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Horry County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Strand W&Sa/Bull Creek | 252,840 | 0.51 ppb |
| Myrtle Beach City Of | 49,375 | 0.65 ppb |
| N Myrtle Beach City Of (Sc2610011) | 43,883 | 1.3 ppb |
| Conway City Of (Sc2610008) | 27,005 | 2.5 ppb |
| Bucksport Water Company (Sc2620003) | 17,123 | 2.1 ppb |
| Conway Rural (Sc2620001) | 12,740 | 0.98 ppb |
| Lakewood Campground (Sc2660049) | 4,415 | 0.73 ppb |
| Loris City Of (Sc2610010) | 4,350 | 1.1 ppb |
| Gswsa - Myrtle Beach | 25 | 15 ppb |
Next steps for Myrtle Beach, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Myrtle Beach, 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 Ocean Lakes Ltd (Sc2660048) 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.