Is Mauldin, SC tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Mauldin 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 Mauldin’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Greenville Water
South Carolina · serves 426,057 people · about 22,900 in Mauldin
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: soft, an average of 5.7 mg/L (0.3 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Laurens County W&S Comm
South Carolina · serves 44,866 people · about 320 in Mauldin
3 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: HFPO-DA (GenX) at 95.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Mauldin
The 3 labs South Carolina certifies closest to Mauldin, 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 2 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
L&L Environmental Ware Shoals
Ware Shoals, SC · about 28 miles
Certified for bacteria
International Product Assurance Laboratories
Anderson, SC · about 31 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Mauldin: 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 Mauldin
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Greenville Water’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