Is Fort Mill, SC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 3 utilities serving Fort Mill 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: York County East WD.
Town of Fort Mill, 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 Fort Mill’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Town of Fort Mill
South Carolina · serves 25,000 people · about 12,100 in Fort Mill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
York County East WD
South Carolina · serves 30,225 people · about 10,500 in Fort Mill
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Tega Cay
South Carolina · serves 10,500 people · about 1,200 in Fort Mill
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Fort Mill
The 3 labs South Carolina certifies closest to Fort Mill, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
EMSL Analytical Inc. - Charlotte
Pineville, NC · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria
Eurofins Charlotte
Charlotte, NC · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals
K&W Laboratories LLC
Midland, NC · about 25 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper
Which ZIP codes are in Fort Mill: 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 Fort Mill
Other towns in York County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Fort Mill’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water