Public water system record
Joint Municipal WSC
Serves Lexington and Red Bank, Lexington County, SC · 47,838 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Joint Municipal WSC 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
- Joint Municipal WSC buys its water from City of West Columbia.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, August 2016.
- Record on file since 1991, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 18,635 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 1991
EPA's records for Joint Municipal WSC go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (5 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 9 |
| 2000s | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began April 2016, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1991 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
South Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Joint Municipal WSC in 2016. The most recent was an administrative penalty in August 2016.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2016 | South Carolina | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Aug 31, 2016 | South Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Joint Municipal WSC buys its water from City of West Columbia. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 7 other community water systems and 4 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Joint Municipal WSC.
Buys water from
- City of West Columbia West Columbia, SC
Community systems that buy water from it
- BGWC Harborside Columbia, SC
- BGWC Lands End Condos Columbia, SC
- BGWC Rollingwood Columbia, SC
- BGWC the Landings Columbia, SC
- Town of LCJMWSC-Pelion Swansea, SC
- Town of Lexington Lexington, SC
- Town of Swansea Swansea, SC
Annual water quality report
Joint Municipal WSC 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