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Is Arial, SC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Arial, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and South Carolina’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Neither of the 2 utilities serving Arial has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and South Carolina’s records.

Easley Combined Util, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and South Carolina’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Arial’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Arial

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab South Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs South Carolina certifies closest to Arial, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Alliance Technical Group LLC - Greenville

    Greenville, SC · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (864) 232-1556

  • International Product Assurance Laboratories

    Anderson, SC · about 24 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (864) 784-9883

  • L&L Environmental Ware Shoals

    Ware Shoals, SC · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (864) 456-2696

All 36 certified labs for South Carolina

ZIP codes in Arial

Which ZIP codes are in Arial: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: SCDES, Commercial Environmental Laboratory Mapping (CELMapp), labs certified under the Safe Drinking Water Act; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

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