Water quality data for 2 public water systems serving Richland County, South Carolina — based on EPA SDWIS enforcement records, lead testing results, and health-based violation history.
Multiple systems have significant violations or lead levels approaching the federal action level.
Richland County: 14 communities across 2 water systems. 100.0% have no open violations.
Richland County is served by 2 water systems covering 14 communities. No community here has an open violation on record.
Of the communities reporting lead results, 14 recorded a detection, with a median of 5.00 ppb — 33% of the federal action level. 0 reported none detected, which means below the laboratory limit rather than an absence of lead.
13 of 14 communities have PFAS above the limits EPA set in 2024, measured as a running annual average at each sampling point. State inspectors recorded no significant deficiencies.