Community Water System · PWS SC2220004
Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004)
Operator location Pawleys Island, South Carolina - 55% of 11 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,079 served per SDWIS.
- 1,079
- People served (this PWS)
- 11
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 6
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004) standing, low SDWIS violation third
55% of 11 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 55% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #18,782 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004) is in the lower third by violation count (11; 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 mid-pack at 1,079 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 55% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,782 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #244 of 314
- Population · SC
- 11
- Total EPA violations on record
- 55%
- 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
- 462
- County
- Georgetown
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MCL | 6 | 1998 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 3 | 1998 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 1992 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004) has 11 recorded EPA violations, 19% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 79% carry more. 55% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 11), and it ranks #18,782 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)
11 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 79% 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 Gcwsd Plantersville Sys (2220004)
6 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC2220004.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
11 violations · 1,079 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
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 Gcwsd Plantersville Sys
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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