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Community Water System · PWS SC2210001

Georgetown City of (Sc2210001)

Operator location Georgetown, South Carolina - 71% of 68 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 9,092 served per SDWIS.

9,092
People served (this PWS)
68
EPA violations (this PWS)
48
Health-based (this PWS)
6 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Georgetown City of (Sc2210001) standing, mid SDWIS violation third

71% of 68 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 71% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #5,082 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Georgetown City of (Sc2210001) lands in the middle third by violation volume (68), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (9,092; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 71% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#5,082 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#88 of 314
Population · SC
68
Total EPA violations on record
71%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
5,841
County
Georgetown
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
48
Monitoring Violations
18
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 48 2003
Nitrate MR 4 1993
Surface Water Treatment Rule MR 3 1993
Selenium MR 2 1993
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2005
Barium MR 2 1993
Cadmium MR 2 1993
Chromium MR 2 1993
Mercury MR 1 1993
Coliform (TCR) MR 1 1992
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 1 2010

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Georgetown City of (Sc2210001) has 68 recorded EPA violations, 64% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 71% of this system's own violations are health-based (48 of 68), and it ranks #5,082 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)

68 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% 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. 17 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHpA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 8/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 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
PFDA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 8/21/2024 4.80 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFOS 8/21/2024 9.60 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
PFHxS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 8/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 8/21/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 8/21/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 8/21/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 8/21/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 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
PFBA 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 8/21/2024 3.50 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 8/21/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 8/21/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 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
9Cl-PF3ONS 8/21/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 8/21/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/20/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/20/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/20/2024 4.70 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
NFDHA 5/20/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/20/2024 3.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMBA 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/20/2024 3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMPA 5/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/20/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/20/2024 3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFOS 5/20/2024 8.30 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
4:2 FTS 5/20/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Georgetown City of (Sc2210001)

48 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC2210001.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

68 violations · 9,092 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Georgetown City 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