Is Powdersville, SC tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 5 utilities serving Powdersville 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 Powdersville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Greenville Water
South Carolina · serves 426,057 people · about 4,100 in Powdersville
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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Powdersville Water District
South Carolina · serves 34,960 people · about 2,900 in Powdersville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 5.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Easley Combined Util
South Carolina · serves 36,098 people · about 2,300 in Powdersville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Southside W/D
South Carolina · serves 9,568 people · about 230 in Powdersville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Big Creek W/S District
South Carolina · serves 13,647 people · about 120 in Powdersville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Powdersville
The 3 labs South Carolina certifies closest to Powdersville, 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 8 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
International Product Assurance Laboratories
Anderson, SC · about 22 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
L&L Environmental Ware Shoals
Ware Shoals, SC · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Powdersville: 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 Powdersville
Other towns in Greenville County 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