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South Carolina: drinking water records

EPA lists 562 community water systems serving homes in South Carolina. 163 took part in EPA's national PFAS survey (UCMR 5), and 91 found at least one PFAS above the level laboratories can measure.

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Data as of EPA UCMR 5 final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026) · EPA SDWIS 2026Q2 (file dated Jul 9, 2026). How we build these pages

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562
community water systems
96
systems with a health-based violation since 2016
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systems that reached the lead action level since 2016

PFAS in EPA’s final survey

91 of the 163 South Carolina systems in EPA’s national PFAS survey found at least one PFAS, and 49 had a PFOA or PFOS yearly average at or above EPA’s limit. See South Carolina’s PFAS results by system and compound.

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Sources

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Database prepared 2026-09-03.

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