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Pickens WTP

Serves an area of Pickens County, SC that includes Pickens · 10,263 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and no monitoring/reporting issues for Pickens WTP in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • SC3910001
  • PICKENS
  • SC
  • 10,263 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 29671
EPA system ID SC3910001

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

Key facts

  • Pickens WTP buys its water from Greenville Water.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, January 2024.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 456 unknown out of 456 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Pickens WTP go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 16 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 13
2000s 3 3
2020s 1 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began January 2002, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2002 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2000 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2000 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 1999 Resolved

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Pickens WTP between 1993 and 2024. The most recent was an administrative penalty in January 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 17, 2024 South Carolina Administrative penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jan 17, 2024 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 2, 1993 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Pickens WTP buys its water from Greenville Water. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 2 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Pickens WTP.

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Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Pickens WTP 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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