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Big Creek W/S District

Serves an area of Anderson County, SC that includes Piedmont · 13,647 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Big Creek W/S District in the last ten years.

  • SC0420009
  • BELTON
  • SC
  • 13,647 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 29627
EPA system ID SC0420009

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Big Creek W/S District buys its water from Anderson Regional Joint WS and Greenville Water.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by South Carolina, February 1995.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 5,616 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Big Creek W/S District go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 4 2
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1998, Archived.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1998 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1992 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1991 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1991 Archived

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Big Creek W/S District in 1995. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 1995.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 15, 1995 South Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Big Creek W/S District buys its water from Anderson Regional Joint WS and Greenville Water. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Big Creek W/S District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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