Is BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001)'s water safe to drink?
BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 9,168, over 4,106 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001) ranks 221th by violation burden (98th percentile) - 71 violations total, 56 health-baseds.
Against the SC average
Among the 198 SC systems in this dataset, the average is 3.8 health-based violations - BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001)'s 56 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2020-02-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2018-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001)'s flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane; 1,1-Dichloroethylene; Benzene; Trichloroethylene
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001)'s record does not cover
This is what BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001) reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BENNETTSVILLE CITY OF (SC3410001)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 221th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.