Is ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001)'s water safe to drink?
ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 47,463 people through 20,980 service connections.
How this compares nationally
15 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,116 of 12,903.
How ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) compares within SC
SC's 198 covered systems average 3.8 health-based violations each; ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) is from 2014-01-08 (health-based: 2014-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001)'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
This is what ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) 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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for ORANGEBURG DPU (SC3810001) - 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.