Community Water System · PWS SC3750026
Keowee Bay S/D (Sc3750026)
Operator location Salem, South Carolina - 56% of 115 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 115 served per SDWIS.
- 115
- People served (this PWS)
- 115
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 64
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Keowee Bay S/D (Sc3750026) standing, high SDWIS violation third
56% of 115 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 56% is upper-third health share (> 23%).
The verdict
Keowee Bay S/D (Sc3750026) sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (115), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (115; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 56% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 115
- Total EPA violations on record
- 56%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 115
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 75
- County
- Oconee
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 61
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Uranium | MCL | 58 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 2001 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 16 | 2006 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2009 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MCL | 3 | 1999 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 3 | 2001 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Other | 2 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Keowee Bay S/D (Sc3750026) has 115 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 56% of this system's own violations are health-based (64 of 115), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
115 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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 Keowee Bay S/D (Sc3750026)
64 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for SC3750026.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
115 violations · 115 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Keowee Bay S/D
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
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.