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Lugoff Elgin Water Auth

Serves an area of Kershaw County, SC that includes Lugoff and Elgin · 25,783 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Lugoff Elgin Water Auth in the last ten years.

  • SC2820001
  • LUGOFF
  • SC
  • 25,783 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 29078
EPA system ID SC2820001

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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

  • Lugoff Elgin Water Auth draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: signed compliance agreement by South Carolina, March 2004.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 10,967 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 1990

EPA's records for Lugoff Elgin Water Auth go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 13 health-based violations (5 resolved, 8 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 19
2000s 10 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began September 2004, Resolved.

Show all 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2004 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2004 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2003 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2003 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2003 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 2003 Archived
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2003 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2003 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2003 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2002 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1999 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1998 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1997 Resolved

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Lugoff Elgin Water Auth between 1998 and 2004, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a signed compliance agreement in March 2004.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 2, 2004 South Carolina Signed compliance agreement 9 violations (9 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 24, 1998 South Carolina Signed compliance agreement 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 1, 1998 South Carolina Signed compliance agreement 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Lugoff Elgin Water Auth draws water from 1 surface water intake.

Annual water quality report

Lugoff Elgin Water Auth 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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