Community Water System · PWS SC1870050
Lieber Correctional Institute (1870050)
Operator location Columbia, South Carolina - 32% of 37 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,646 served per SDWIS.
- 1,646
- People served (this PWS)
- 37
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 12
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Lieber Correctional Institute (1870050) standing, mid SDWIS violation third
32% of 37 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 32% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,131 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Lieber Correctional Institute (1870050) lands in the middle third by violation volume (37), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,646 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 32% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,131 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #219 of 314
- Population · SC
- 37
- Total EPA violations on record
- 32%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 32
- County
- Dorchester
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 22
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 12 | 2002 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2007 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 10 | 2002 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Other | 1 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Lieber Correctional Institute (1870050) has 37 recorded EPA violations, 48% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 51% carry more. 32% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 37), and it ranks #15,131 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)
37 Lower than most fewer violations than 51% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Lieber Correctional Institute (1870050)
12 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC1870050.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
37 violations · 1,646 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Lieber Correctional Institute
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