Public water system record
Town of Winnsboro
Serves Winnsboro and Winnsboro Mills, Fairfield County, SC · 10,391 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Winnsboro 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
- 2
Key facts
- Town of Winnsboro draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, December 2011.
- Record on file since 1991, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,101 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Town of Winnsboro go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (6 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 11 |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began September 2013, Resolved.
Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
South Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Town of Winnsboro in 2011. The most recent was an administrative penalty in December 2011.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2011 | South Carolina | Administrative penalty | 2 violations (2 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
| Dec 1, 2011 | South Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 4 violations (4 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
Where the water comes from
Town of Winnsboro draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 2 other community water systems buy water from Town of Winnsboro.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Midcounty Water Dist 2 Winnsboro, SC
- Town of Ridgeway Ridgeway, SC
Annual water quality report
Town of Winnsboro 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