Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009), SC
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.8 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.
About Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009)
Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009) serves about 618 people through 275 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. EPA system ID: SC1450009; phone on file: 803-435-0135. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3.25 ppb from 0.55 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009) is 3.8 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.55 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.22 ppb |
| 2020 | 0.47 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.42 ppb |
How Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009) compares
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. Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009)'s 3.8 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in South Carolina and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
8 other systems share Clarendon County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Manning City Of (Sc1410002) | 7,632 | 1.4 ppb |
| Clarendon Co W&S Hwy 260 (Sc1450013) | 3,521 | 0.27 ppb |
| Summerton Town Of (Sc1410003) | 2,096 | 0.42 ppb |
| Barrineau Water System (Sc1420002) | 1,879 | 2 ppb |
| Turbeville Town Of (Sc1410004) | 735 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gin Pond Shores Water Co (Sc1450005) | 664 | 1.6 ppb |
| North Shore Water Sys (Sc1470863) | 272 | 1.6 ppb |
| Cypress Pointe Condos (Sc1470304) | 154 | 3.7 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Manning, 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 Wyboo Water Dept Inc (Sc1450009) 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.