Drinking water quality · 2025

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What's in Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC tap water

0 contaminants were measured in the Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC water system's 2025 annual report. Each is shown below against its federal limit.

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Reporting year
2025
Contaminants measured
0
Over federal limit
0
Approaching the limit
0
Service area
SC
state-level CCR
Source
Utility CCR
All within federal limits. Every measured contaminant in this report is below its federal threshold.

PFAS — EPA UCMR5 (2023–2025)

2 PFAS compounds above EPA limits in Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC

About this data

The EPA finalized the first-ever federal drinking-water limits for six PFAS compounds in April 2024. These numbers come straight from EPA's UCMR5 lab dataset — every U.S. system serving more than 3,300 people tested every PFAS sample at an entry point to its distribution system. PFAS not listed below were either tested and not detected, or not yet sampled.

PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid)

● Over EPA limit (1.6×)
Measured 6.5 ng/LEPA limit 4 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 3 detect / 3

PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid)

● Over EPA limit (1.1×)
Measured 4.4 ng/LEPA limit 4 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 3 detect / 3

PFHxA

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 4.3 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 3 detect / 3

PFPeA

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 4.7 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 3 detect / 3

PFBS

● Detected (no federal limit)
Measured 3.8 ng/LSample year 2025Samples 3 detect / 3
PWSID SC1010001 · Source: EPA UCMR5. Limits per EPA's April 2024 PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation. PFAS values reported in nanograms per liter (ng/L) — note that 1 ng/L = 1 part per trillion.

Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS

Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's drinking water comes from surface water, drawn from 2 sources.

Source

2surface water
  • BUSHY PARK RESERVOIR
  • EDISTO RIVER

Treatment

1treatment plant
  • HANAHAN WATER TREATMENT (A10001)

Distribution

0storage units

Compliance history

Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.

  • Maximum contaminant level exceededHealth-based
    5 violations on record · most recent Jul 1984
    resolved

Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗

Source: Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required to publish. The numbers on this page are the utility's own. A water-quality report covers an entire service area, not a single address.

People also ask about Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's water

+Is Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC tap water safe to drink in 2025?

Every one of the 0 contaminants measured in Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report is below its federal limit. "Safe" under the EPA's drinking-water standards is health-based, not aesthetic — but by those standards, no measured contaminant in this report exceeds its enforceable threshold. Individual health concerns (e.g. immunocompromised, infant, pregnancy) may warrant additional filtering regardless of compliance.

+What contaminants are in Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC tap water?

0 contaminants were measured in Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report. 0 have an enforceable federal limit; the rest are detected but unregulated. Every measured value, in the utility's own units, is on this page.

+Where does the data on this page come from?

Every value is transcribed from Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. public water utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived and viewable on this site. A water-quality report covers an entire service area, not a single address.

+How often is Ucmr5 — Charleston Water System (sc1010001) (2025), SC's water quality data updated?

Each U.S. public water utility publishes one Consumer Confidence Report per year, covering the prior calendar year's measurements. This page reflects the 2025 report; a new report will replace it once the utility publishes its next annual update.

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