Is Homeland Park, SC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Homeland Park 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: Electric City Utilities.
Electric City Utilities, 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 Homeland Park’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Electric City Utilities
South Carolina · serves 38,204 people · about 680 in Homeland Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Homeland Park W/D
South Carolina · serves 7,328 people · about 520 in Homeland Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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West Anderson W/D
South Carolina · serves 17,430 people · about 220 in Homeland Park
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Starr - Iva W/D
South Carolina · serves 11,125 people · about 100 in Homeland Park
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.9 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Homeland Park
The 3 labs South Carolina certifies closest to Homeland Park, 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 12 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
L&L Environmental Ware Shoals
Ware Shoals, SC · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
Alliance Technical Group LLC - Greenville
Greenville, SC · about 31 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Which ZIP codes are in Homeland Park: 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 Homeland Park
Other towns in Anderson County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Electric City Utilities’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