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Community Water System · PWS SC1010009

Seabrook Island Town of (1010009)

Operator location Johns Island, South Carolina - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 19 violations and 5,939 people served.

5,939
People served (this PWS)
19
EPA violations (this PWS)
1
Health-based (this PWS)
5 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Seabrook Island Town of (1010009) standing, low SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #6,895 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Seabrook Island Town of (1010009) is in the lower third by violation count (19; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (5,939; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#6,895 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#119 of 314
Population · SC
19
Total EPA violations on record
5%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
2,671
County
Charleston
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
1
Monitoring Violations
15
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 4 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2024
Chlorine MR 4 2024
Coliform (TCR) MR 3 2003
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 3 2007
Coliform (TCR) MCL 1 2000

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Seabrook Island Town of (1010009) has 19 recorded EPA violations, 30% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 69% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 19), and it ranks #6,895 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)

19 Lower than most fewer violations than 69% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 15 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFBA 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/21/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/21/2024 4.80 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 8/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/21/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/21/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/21/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/21/2024 6.30 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFHxS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 8/13/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 8/13/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/13/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/13/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/13/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 8/13/2024 3.70 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
6:2 FTS 8/13/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 8/13/2024 6.10 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFOA 8/13/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/13/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 8/13/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/13/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/13/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Seabrook Island Town of (1010009)

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS SC1010009 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

19 violations · 5,939 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Seabrook Island 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