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Is Central, SC tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Central, 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.

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The short answer

1 of the 3 utilities serving Central 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: Town of Central.

Town of Central, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit, 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 83.5 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Central’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Central’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Central

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 Central, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • International Product Assurance Laboratories

    Anderson, SC · about 11 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (864) 784-9883

  • Alliance Technical Group LLC - Greenville

    Greenville, SC · about 26 miles

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

    (864) 232-1556

  • L&L Environmental Ware Shoals

    Ware Shoals, SC · about 40 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (864) 456-2696

All 36 certified labs for South Carolina

ZIP codes in Central

Which ZIP codes are in Central: 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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