Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006), SC
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006) at a glance
Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006) serves about 1,923 people through 769 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Lexington County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3210006; phone on file: 803-785-3211. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006)'s lead record
That is up 13 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006) is 13 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 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. Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006)'s 13 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in South Carolina and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
68 other systems share Lexington County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Joint Muni Wsc (Sc3220003) | 54,868 | 4 ppb |
| West Columbia City Of (Sc3210004) | 34,028 | 3 ppb |
| Lexington Town Of (3210001) | 24,284 | 4 ppb |
| Cayce City Of (Sc3210003) | 17,460 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gilbert-Summit Wd (3220001) | 10,400 | 2 ppb |
| Gaston Rural Water Dist (Sc3220002) | 7,550 | 5 ppb |
| Bgwc I-20 (Sc3250012) | 7,435 | 4.7 ppb |
| Batesburg Leesville Dpw (Sc3210002) | 6,814 | 0 (not detected) |
| Amicks Ferry Wtr System (Sc3250077) | 3,937 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bgwc Glenn Village Ii (Sc3250058) | 1,430 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lexington, 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 Swansea Town Of (Sc3210006) 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.