Community Water System · PWS SC3710004
Walhalla City of (Sc3710004)
Operator location Walhalla, South Carolina - larger served population (> 3,309) at 18,511 people served; 27 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 18,511
- People served (this PWS)
- 27
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Walhalla City of (Sc3710004) standing, mid SDWIS violation third
18,511 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #2,894 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Walhalla City of (Sc3710004) lands in the middle third by violation volume (27), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (18,511; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #2,894 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #50 of 314
- Population · SC
- 27
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- 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
- 8,170
- County
- Oconee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 23
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 1992 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2002 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1993 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1993 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1993 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Walhalla City of (Sc3710004) has 27 recorded EPA violations, 39% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 60% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 27), and it ranks #2,894 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)
27 Lower than most fewer violations than 60% 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. 0 of 87 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HFPO-DA | 8/19/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/19/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/19/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/19/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/19/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/19/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/19/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/19/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/19/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/19/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/19/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/19/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/19/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/19/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/19/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/19/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/19/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/19/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/29/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/29/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/29/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/29/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/29/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/29/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/29/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/29/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/29/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/29/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/29/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Walhalla City of (Sc3710004)
EPA SDWIS lists 18,511 people served and 8,170 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
27 violations · 18,511 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Walhalla City 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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