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Bucksport Water Company

Serves an area of Horry County, SC that includes Conway · 17,123 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Bucksport Water Company in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • SC2620003
  • CONWAY
  • SC
  • 17,123 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 29528
EPA system ID SC2620003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
4
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Bucksport Water Company draws water from 5 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, February 2024.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 8,627 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Bucksport Water Company go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (1 resolved, 6 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 0
2000s 1 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 0
2020s 5 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Fluoride, began July 2010, Archived.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 4.1 mg/L, federal limit 4 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 4.2 mg/L, federal limit 4 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 4.3 mg/L, federal limit 4 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Archived
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1995 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1991 Archived

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Bucksport Water Company between 2010 and 2024. The most recent was an administrative penalty in February 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 5, 2024 South Carolina Administrative penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 5, 2024 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 23, 2021 South Carolina Administrative penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 23, 2021 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 6, 2010 South Carolina Administrative penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Fluoride
May 6, 2010 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Fluoride

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

5 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Bucksport Water Company draws water from 5 wells.

Annual water quality report

Bucksport Water Company 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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