Is Spartanburg, SC tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 5 utilities serving Spartanburg have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and South Carolina’s records: Spartanburg Water System and Woodruff Roebuck W/D.
Spartanburg Water System, 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 Spartanburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Spartanburg Water System
South Carolina · serves 166,364 people · about 12,700 in Spartanburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Sjwd Middle Tyger WTP
South Carolina · serves 89,531 people · about 590 in Spartanburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Woodruff Roebuck W/D
South Carolina · serves 32,038 people · about 480 in Spartanburg
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOA at 4.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Metro Subdistrict B
South Carolina · serves 1,851 people · about 270 in Spartanburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lcf Water District
South Carolina · serves 18,152 people · under 100 in Spartanburg
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Spartanburg
The 3 labs South Carolina certifies closest to Spartanburg, 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 27 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 42 miles
Certified for bacteria
International Product Assurance Laboratories
Anderson, SC · about 56 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Spartanburg: 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 Spartanburg
Other towns in Spartanburg County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Spartanburg Water System’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