Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022) at a glance
Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022) serves about 32 people through 26 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Oconee County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC3750022; phone on file: 864-723-5162. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (4 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022) is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 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. Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022)'s 5 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in South Carolina and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Oconee County
14 other systems share Oconee County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Seneca City Of (Sc3710002) | 39,772 | 3 ppb |
| Pioneer Rural Water Dist (Sc3720001) | 16,929 | 0 (not detected) |
| Walhalla City Of (Sc3710004) | 16,010 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westminster City Of (Sc3710003) | 9,588 | 4 ppb |
| Salem Town Of (Sc3710001) | 6,444 | 0 (not detected) |
| Keowee Key Utility System Inc (3750023) | 4,108 | 3 ppb |
| View At The Pier The (Sc3770300) | 864 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chickasaw Point (Sc3750010) | 823 | 7 ppb |
| Harts Cove And Tory Pointe (Sc3750029) | 560 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Union Town Of (3710005) | 468 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Union, 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 Turtlehead At Keowee S/D (Sc3750022) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.