Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001) at a glance
Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001) serves about 16,929 people through 7,297 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 Oconee County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3720001; phone on file: 864-247-2908. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001) is 0.1 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 34th percentile in South Carolina and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Oconee County
14 other systems share Oconee County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Seneca City Of (Sc3710002) | 39,772 | 3 ppb |
| Walhalla City Of (Sc3710004) | 16,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westminster City Of (Sc3710003) | 9,588 | 4 ppb |
| Salem Town Of (Sc3710001) | 6,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keowee Key Utility System Inc (3750023) | 4,108 | 3 ppb |
| View At The Pier The (Sc3770300) | 864 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chickasaw Point (Sc3750010) | 823 | 7 ppb |
| Harts Cove And Tory Pointe (Sc3750029) | 560 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Union Town Of (3710005) | 468 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keowee Bay S/D (Sc3750026) | 86 | 7 ppb |
Next steps for Westminster, SC
Look up your address in Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001)'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 Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001) 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.