CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001): EPA violation history, explained
CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 327,422, over 146,569 connections.
How this compares nationally
CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001) has 16 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,633th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 72th percentile nationally.
Against the SC average
Among the 198 SC systems in this dataset, the average is 3.8 health-based violations - CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001)'s 5 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2004-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1984-12-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001)'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001)'s record does not cover
Everything on this page is CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001)'s own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for CHARLESTON WATER SYSTEM (SC1010001) - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.