Public water system record
Summerville CPW
Serves Summerville and North Charleston, Dorchester County, SC · 81,750 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Summerville CPW in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Summerville CPW buys its water from Lake Moultrie Regional WS.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, August 1993.
- Record on file since 1984, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 27,679 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 1984
EPA's records for Summerville CPW go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began September 1986, Archived.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 4, 1986 | Archived |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 21, 1984 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Summerville CPW in 1993. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 1993.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1993 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Summerville CPW buys its water from Lake Moultrie Regional WS. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 4 other community water systems and 5 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Summerville CPW.
Buys water from
- Lake Moultrie Regional WS Moncks Corner, SC
Community systems that buy water from it
- DCWS Caleb Court Summerville, SC
- Dcwa Calomet Valley Summerville, SC
- Dcwa Knightsville Summerville, SC
- Dcwa Tranquil Acres Summerville, SC
Annual water quality report
Summerville CPW 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by South Carolina.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells