Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003)
Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003) serves about 17,311 people through 7,014 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 Anderson County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0420003; phone on file: 864-646-7729. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003) is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0.86 ppb |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003)'s 3 ppb sits at the 80th percentile in South Carolina and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
33 other systems share Anderson County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Electric City Utilities (Sc0410012) | 38,204 | 0 (not detected) |
| Powdersville Water District (Sc0420002) | 34,960 | 5 ppb |
| Hammond W/D (Sc0420007) | 21,193 | 11 ppb |
| West Anderson W/D (0420006) | 17,430 | 0 (not detected) |
| Big Creek W/S District (0420009) | 13,647 | 0 (not detected) |
| Starr-Iva W/D (Sc0420005) | 11,125 | 0 (not detected) |
| Broadway W&S District (Sc0420008) | 9,586 | 0 (not detected) |
| Homeland Park W/D (Sc0420001) | 7,328 | 0 (not detected) |
| Belton City Of (Sc0410004) | 6,762 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williamston Town Of (Sc0410010) | 6,693 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Sandy Springs, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sandy Springs, 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 Sandy Springs Water Co Inc (Sc0420003) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.