Community Water System · PWS SC2910003
Kershaw Town of (Sc2910003)
Operator location Kershaw, South Carolina - 47% of 36 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,567 served per SDWIS.
- 2,567
- People served (this PWS)
- 36
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 17
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Kershaw Town of (Sc2910003) standing, mid SDWIS violation third
47% of 36 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 47% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,694 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Kershaw Town of (Sc2910003) lands in the middle third by violation volume (36), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,567 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 47% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,694 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #181 of 314
- Population · SC
- 36
- Total EPA violations on record
- 47%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 1,231
- County
- Lancaster
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 18
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 13
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 13 | 2002 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 10 | 2003 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2010 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1993 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Kershaw Town of (Sc2910003) has 36 recorded EPA violations, 47% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 52% carry more. 47% of this system's own violations are health-based (17 of 36), and it ranks #11,694 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)
36 Lower than most fewer violations than 52% 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 Kershaw Town of (Sc2910003)
17 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC2910003.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
36 violations · 2,567 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 Kershaw Town of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in South Carolina compares on the same EPA violation measures. South Carolina systems
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