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Is James Island, SC tap water safe?

Charleston Water System serves James Island, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and South Carolina’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Charleston Water System serves James Island. In EPA’s and South Carolina’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal, and 2 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 6.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

The water from Charleston Water System is soft, 54 mg/L (3.2 grains per gallon). How it compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Charleston Water System’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near James Island

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

  • GEL Laboratories LLC

    Charleston, SC · about 8 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, PFAS, radioactivity

    (843) 556-8171

  • Trident Labs Services Inc.

    Ladson, SC · about 22 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (843) 871-4999

  • Aquatic Analytics LLC

    Summerville, SC · about 28 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (843) 471-1933

All 36 certified labs for South Carolina

ZIP codes in James Island

Which ZIP codes are in James Island: 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 James Island

Other towns in Charleston County with a page of their own.

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