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Richland County, South Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet SC079 · Richland County 77 sys · 5,612 viol · #195/3254

VIOL-HIGH · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-HIGH 54.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #195/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 73%
  • SYS-MID 77 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Georgetown County ( -0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Richland County ranks #195 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 46 counties in South Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Richland County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 54.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #195 of 3,254 · #4 of 46 in South Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Richland County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Richland County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Horry · lowest Dorchester · near Georgetown · near Lee · highest 26.4% 53.3% 53.6% 54.1% 54.2% 54.5% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Columbia City of (Sc4010001) 319,500 76 Detected
Fort Jackson (Sc4010501) 31,000 44 Detected
Hopkins Community Water System (4020002) 2,200 0 -
McCrady Training Center (Sc4070911) 1,200 29 -
Bgwc Raintree Acres (Sc4050015) 799 7 -
Sylvamo Eastover Mill (Sc4030005) 750 12 -
Eastover Town of (Sc4010002) 700 116 -
Bay Capital Water Works (Sc4050031) 647 0 -
Bgwc Charleswood S/D (4050008) 484 1,678 -
Bgwc Farrowwood Estates (Sc4050012) 356 468 -
Bgwc Stonegate (Sc4050014) 352 8 -
Ft Jackson-Ohio Range 20 (4070938) 300 0 -
Bgwc Oakridge Hunt Club (Sc4050019) 208 467 -
Bgwc Washington Heights (Sc4050013) 190 461 -
Silver Hill Manuf Home Comm. (Sc4060019) 180 119 -
Congaree National Park (4070600) 170 0 -
Desci Wateree Station (Sc4030001) 148 17 -
Palmetto Park (4060006) 132 56 -
Bgwc Springfield Acres (Sc4050006) 130 456 -
Bgwc Harmon Hill Estates (Sc4050011) 126 456 -
Lakewood MHP (Sc4060032) 110 96 -
Hwy 378 Diner (Sc4070203) 100 0 -
Richland Estates Mhc (Sc4060038) 90 71 -
Manchester Farms (Sc4030801) 85 0 -
Sandy Hill MHP (Sc4060064) 81 85 -
Freeway MHP (Sc4060005) 80 72 -
Meridian Brick (Sc4030007) 70 22 -
Meadow Lane MHP (Sc4060014) 70 66 -
Winsor Valley MHP (Sc4060008) 68 81 -
Richland Co/Pond Drive (Sc4050042) 55 11 -
Lands Point S/D (Sc4050004) 50 22 -
Rcrc/Crossroad Park (Sc4070112) 50 103 -
Cresthaven MHP (Sc4060001) 37 55 -
Bel Air MHP (Sc4060009) 34 69 -
Kemira Chemicals Inc (Sc4030013) 33 18 -
Piney Lane MHP (Sc4060052) 32 58 -
Woodsmoke Campground (Sc4070680) 30 5 -
Primo-Walmart 4440 (4080025) 30 0 -
7730 Bluff Road Convenience (Sc4074011) 27 0 -
Cedar Creek MHP (4060035) 26 14 -
Ft Jackson-Weston Lake (Sc4070651) 26 1 -
Ft Jackson-Algiers (Sc4070908) 26 0 -
Blythewood Stop N Shop (4070914) 26 17 -
Ft Jackson-Omaha Beach (Sc4070917) 26 1 -
Center Express #3 (Sc4070925) 26 0 -
Midway One Stop (4070931) 26 4 -
Am Pm Quick Stop (Sc4070940) 26 1 -
Scarng - Kasserine Pass (4070956) 26 0 -
Dollar General Gadsden (Sc4070983) 26 0 -
The Friendly Caterer (Sc4072007) 26 0 -

Compare beyond South Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Richland County

Cross-state counties nearest Richland County on flagged-system share (54.5%) and cumulative violation count (5,612). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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