Salley Town Of (Sc0210005), SC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 ppb (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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Salley Town Of (Sc0210005) at a glance
Salley Town Of (Sc0210005) serves about 456 people through 190 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 Aiken County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0210005; phone on file: 803-258-3485. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Salley Town Of (Sc0210005)'s lead record
That is up 13 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Salley Town Of (Sc0210005) is 15 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1.7 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. Salley Town Of (Sc0210005)'s 15 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in South Carolina and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Aiken County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Salley Town Of (Sc0210005). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aiken City Of (Sc0210001) | 51,533 | 2.7 ppb |
| North Augusta City Of (Sc0210003) | 26,125 | 0.66 ppb |
| Breezy Hill W/D (Sc0220006) | 21,197 | 0.85 ppb |
| Beech Island W/D (Sc0220004) | 8,935 | 4.59 ppb |
| Valley Psa (Sc0220012) | 7,752 | 0.72 ppb |
| New Ellenton Cpw (Sc0210007) | 7,517 | 1.7 ppb |
| Trolley Run Station Development(0220016) | 4,361 | 0.23 ppb |
| Montmorenci W/D (Sc0220008) | 4,006 | 0.76 ppb |
| Jackson Town Of (Sc0210002) | 3,824 | 0.64 ppb |
| College Acres Public W/D (Sc0220002) | 1,360 | 5.8 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Salley, 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 Salley Town Of (Sc0210005) 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. This system is in the band the 2027 10 ppb rule changes.