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Community Water System · PWS SC0410010

Williamston Town of (0410010)

Operator location Williamston, South Carolina - 53% of 43 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 6,693 served per SDWIS.

6,693
People served (this PWS)
43
EPA violations (this PWS)
23
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Williamston Town of (0410010) standing, mid SDWIS violation third

53% of 43 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 53% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #6,327 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Williamston Town of (0410010) lands in the middle third by violation volume (43), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (6,693; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 53% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#6,327 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#112 of 314
Population · SC
43
Total EPA violations on record
53%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
2,582
County
Anderson
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
18
Monitoring Violations
17
Treatment Tech Violations
5

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 16 1996
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 5 1996
Nitrate MR 4 1993
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 2001
Chromium MR 2 1993
Barium MR 2 1993
Cadmium MR 2 1993
Selenium MR 2 1993
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 2000
Mercury MR 1 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Williamston Town of (0410010) has 43 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 47% carry more. 53% of this system's own violations are health-based (23 of 43), and it ranks #6,327 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

43 Around the middle fewer violations than 47% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 2 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFPeS 7/16/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 7/16/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 7/16/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 7/16/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 7/16/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 7/16/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 7/16/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 7/16/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 7/16/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 7/16/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 7/16/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 7/16/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 7/16/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 7/16/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 7/16/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 7/16/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 7/16/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 7/16/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 4/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 4/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/23/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/23/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/23/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/23/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/23/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/23/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Williamston Town of (0410010)

23 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC0410010.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

43 violations · 6,693 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Williamston Town of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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