Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.96 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. 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.
Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001) at a glance
Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001) serves about 1,779 people through 801 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Calhoun County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC0920001; phone on file: 803-739-1711. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1.8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001) is 5.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.96 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 5.1 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. Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001)'s 0.96 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in South Carolina and the 50th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
2 other systems share Calhoun County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| St Matthews Town Of (Sc0910001) | 2,644 | 0.73 ppb |
| Upper Calhoun/Sandy Run (Sc0920002) | 1,247 | 1.6 ppb |
Next steps for Gaston, SC
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Gaston, 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 Upper Calhoun/Belleville (0920001) 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.