Southside W/D (3920010), SC
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Southside W/D (3920010)
Southside W/D (3920010) serves about 9,568 people through 4,213 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Pickens County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3920010; phone on file: 864-843-3440. 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 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southside W/D (3920010) is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2016 | 2.1 ppb |
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. Southside W/D (3920010)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in South Carolina and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Pickens County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southside W/D (3920010). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Easley Combined Util (Sc3910002) | 36,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clemson City Of (Sc3910004) | 17,896 | 5 ppb |
| Six Mile W/D (Sc3920002) | 14,845 | 2.11 ppb |
| Pickens Water Treatment Plant Sc3910001 | 10,263 | 4 ppb |
| Dacusville-Cedar Rock Wt Co (Sc3920008) | 8,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clemson University (Sc3910006) | 8,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bethlehem-Roanoke W/D (Sc3920003) | 6,334 | 14 ppb |
| Liberty City Of (Sc3910003) | 3,594 | 0 (not detected) |
| Central Town Of (Sc3910005) | 3,495 | 5 ppb |
| Easley Central W/D #1 (Sc3920001) | 3,283 | 7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Southside W/D (3920010)'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 Southside W/D (3920010) 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.