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Browns Creek W/D

Serves an area of Union County, SC that includes Union · 2,790 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Browns Creek W/D in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • SC4420002
  • UNION
  • SC
  • 2,790 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 29379
EPA system ID SC4420002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Browns Creek W/D buys its water from City of Union.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, March 2024.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,030 unknown out of 1,397 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 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Browns Creek W/D go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 1 2

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Browns Creek W/D in 2024. The most recent was an administrative penalty in March 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 20, 2024 South Carolina Administrative penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 20, 2024 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Browns Creek W/D buys its water from City of Union. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Browns Creek W/D.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Browns Creek W/D 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

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