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Is Five Forks, SC tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Five Forks, 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 Five Forks 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.

Greenville Water, 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.

The water from Greenville Water is soft, an average of 5.7 mg/L (0.3 grains per gallon). How it compares.

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 Five Forks’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Five Forks

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 Five Forks, 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 7 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 26 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (864) 456-2696

  • International Product Assurance Laboratories

    Anderson, SC · about 35 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

    (864) 784-9883

All 36 certified labs for South Carolina

ZIP codes in Five Forks

Which ZIP codes are in Five Forks: 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.

Near Five Forks

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