Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042), SC
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042)
Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042) serves about 55 people through 33 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Richland County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC4050042; phone on file: 803-401-0050. 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 2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042) is 24 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 7 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.2 ppb |
| 2017 | 10 ppb |
| 2016 | 24 ppb over 15 |
How Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042) 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. Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 5th percentile in South Carolina and the 4th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Richland County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia City Of (Sc4010001) | 354,068 | 5 ppb |
| Fort Jackson (Sc4010501) | 31,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hopkins Community Water System (4020002) | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Raintree Acres (Sc4050015) | 828 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastover Town Of (Sc4010002) | 700 | 5 ppb |
| Bay Capital Water Works (Sc4050031) | 647 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) | 484 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Farrowwood Estates (Sc4050012) | 377 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Stonegate (Sc4050014) | 352 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Oakridge Hunt Club (Sc4050019) | 208 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Irmo, 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 Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042) 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.