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Shaw AFB

Serves an area of Sumter County, SC · 5,125 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Shaw AFB in the last ten years.

  • SC4310501
  • SHAW AFB
  • SC
  • 5,125 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 29152
EPA system ID SC4310501

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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

  • Shaw AFB draws water from 5 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, May 2010.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 103 unknown out of 1,809 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 1992

EPA's records for Shaw AFB go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (2 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 50 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 48
2000s 2 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Trichloroethylene, began October 2009, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0057 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2000 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1995 Archived
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Shaw AFB in 2010. The most recent was an administrative penalty in May 2010.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 6, 2010 South Carolina Administrative penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Trichloroethylene
May 6, 2010 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Trichloroethylene

Where the water comes from

Shaw AFB draws water from 5 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Shaw AFB 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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.

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