Is DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001)'s water safe to drink?
DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 52,288 people through 20,922 service connections.
DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001)'s record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001) ranks 5,570th by violation burden (57th percentile) - 4 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
Against the SC average
SC's 198 covered systems average 3.8 health-based violations each; DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001) carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2010-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001)'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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001)'s record does not cover
This is what DARLINGTON COUNTY W&SA (SC1620001) 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 4 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.