Is DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001)'s water safe to drink?
DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 7,142, over 3,122 connections.
How this compares nationally
DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001) has 16 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,103th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 60th percentile nationally.
How DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001) compares within SC
DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001)'s 3 health-based violations sit within the SC average of 3.8, across 198 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001) is from 2025-06-12 (health-based: 2012-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001)'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: Coliform (TCR)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001)'s own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and DARLINGTON CITY OF (SC1610001)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,103th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.