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This is a rebuild of Drinking Water Watch and not yet the official record. Use the agency’s current Drinking Water Watch for anything you need to rely on.

Chemical and radiological sample results

MS0680002 , Charleston Utilities

34 of the 73 analytes this system has been tested for have been detected at least once, across 343 samples on record.

The other 39 were tested for and never found. An analyte is counted here if any result on record measured it, so this covers the whole history and not the samples listed below.

Across all 343 samples on record, detections range from October 27, 2003 to April 7, 2025. These figures cover the whole record.

What counts as a non-detect is defined in the help: Less than Indicator. This system’s violations.

What has been detected, ever

Every analyte measured above its reporting level at any point in this system’s record, most often detected first. This is not limited to the samples listed below.

Every analyte ever detected for Charleston Utilities, with how many results found it and when it was first and last detected. Covers the whole record, not only the samples listed below.
Analyte Kind Detected in First detected Last detected
Copper, Free 1022 Inorganic Chemical 202 of 202 results Sep 30, 2004 Aug 3, 2023
Lead 1030 Inorganic Chemical 121 of 202 results Sep 30, 2004 Aug 3, 2023
Barium 1010 Inorganic Chemical 15 of 15 results Oct 27, 2003 Apr 7, 2025
Fluoride 1025 Inorganic Chemical 12 of 21 results Mar 29, 2004 Apr 7, 2025
TTHM 2950 Organic Chemical 12 of 18 results Sep 17, 2007 Nov 25, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 Organic Chemical 10 of 18 results Jul 6, 2010 Nov 25, 2024
Sodium 1052 Inorganic Chemical 10 of 10 results Feb 12, 2009 Dec 13, 2023
Gross Alpha, Incl. Radon & U 4002 Radionuclide 10 of 10 results Mar 12, 2012 Oct 9, 2012
Chromium 1020 Inorganic Chemical 9 of 15 results Oct 27, 2003 Apr 7, 2025
Chloroform 2941 Organic Chemical 7 of 13 results Aug 22, 2016 Nov 25, 2024
Nickel 1036 Inorganic Chemical 6 of 15 results Feb 10, 2010 Apr 7, 2025
Dichloroacetic Acid 2451 Organic Chemical 6 of 13 results Sep 9, 2013 Nov 25, 2024
Calcium 1016 Inorganic Chemical 6 of 6 results Feb 12, 2009 Mar 30, 2022
Chloride 1017 Inorganic Chemical 6 of 6 results Feb 12, 2009 Mar 30, 2022
Alkalinity, Total 1927 Water Quality 6 of 6 results Feb 12, 2009 Mar 30, 2022
Trichloroacetic Acid 2452 Organic Chemical 5 of 13 results Sep 9, 2013 Nov 25, 2024
Iron 1028 Inorganic Chemical 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Magnesium 1031 Inorganic Chemical 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Manganese 1032 Inorganic Chemical 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Potassium 1042 Inorganic Chemical 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Residue, Total, Filterable 1057 Water Quality 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Alkalinity, Caco3 Stability 1067 Water Quality 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Carbon Dioxide 1901 Water Quality 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Hardness, Total (As Caco3) 1915 Water Quality 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Calculated Sodium NACA Water Quality 5 of 5 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Bromodichloromethane 2943 Organic Chemical 4 of 13 results Feb 27, 2024 Nov 25, 2024
Sulfate 1055 Inorganic Chemical 4 of 8 results Feb 12, 2009 May 13, 2010
Color 1905 Water Quality 3 of 3 results Feb 12, 2009 Mar 30, 2022
PH, Field Result PHFD Water Quality 3 of 3 results May 13, 2010 May 13, 2010
PH 1925 Water Quality 2 of 2 results Feb 12, 2009 Feb 12, 2009
Cadmium 1015 Inorganic Chemical 2 of 15 results Apr 26, 2005 Apr 10, 2006
Selenium 1045 Inorganic Chemical 2 of 15 results Mar 29, 2004 Apr 26, 2005
Conductivity @ 25 C Umhos/CM 1064 Water Quality 1 of 1 result Mar 30, 2022 Mar 30, 2022
Xylenes, Total 2955 Organic Chemical 1 of 18 results Aug 3, 2021 Aug 3, 2021

No date range is applied: this list draws on every sample on record. Show the last two years only.

The most recent samples, result by result

The table below lists 241–250 of 343 samples, newest first — collected June 21, 2007 to September 16, 2008. The summary above covers all 343.

29 results from the 10 samples listed here: 10 detected, 19 not detected. Across the whole record it is 510 of 1,365. A sample is analysed for many analytes at once, so one sample appears on as many rows as it had results.

Chemical and radiological sample results for Charleston Utilities, every result from 241 to 250 of 343 samples shown, newest first. Not detected means the amount was below the level the laboratory can reliably report, which is given beside it.
Result Analyte Monitoring period
Collected
Sep 16, 2008
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080926-052PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.04 mg/l , sample collected Sep 16, 2008, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
0.0009 mg/l , sample collected Sep 16, 2008, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Collected
Sep 16, 2008
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080926-051PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.1025 mg/l , sample collected Sep 16, 2008, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
0.002 mg/l , sample collected Sep 16, 2008, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Collected
Jul 21, 2008
Sampling point
ST060 Tank S060
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
080722-100NI
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.1 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 21, 2008, sampling point ST060 Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.08 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 21, 2008, sampling point ST060 Nitrate 1040 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Not detected below 0.02 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 21, 2008, sampling point ST060 Nitrite 1041 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Collected
Sep 17, 2007
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070918-023HA
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.002 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Monochloroacetic Acid 2450 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Dichloroacetic Acid 2451 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Trichloroacetic Acid 2452 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Monobromoacetic Acid 2453 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.001 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Dibromoacetic Acid 2454 EPA method 552.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 0.006 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) 2456 Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Sep 17, 2007
Sampling point
MRT000 Max. Res. Time
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070918-019TH
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Chloroform 2941 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Bromoform 2942 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Bromodichloromethane 2943 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
Not detected below 1 ug/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 Dibromochloromethane 2944 EPA method 524.2 Not recorded
0 This result is recorded as a detection, and the figure the agency wrote — "0.00" — is zero to the precision it was written to. Read the zero as "smaller than the written figure resolves", not as "none present". SDWIS holds a separate numeric concentration that Drinking Water Watch does not publish, so this endpoint does not carry it either; no more precise magnitude is available here. The agency recorded a value but no unit of measure for it. The unit is NOT inferable from the analyte: many analytes are reported in more than one unit — TTHM and HAA5 in both MG/L and UG/L — so there is no per-analyte default to fall back on. The number is published as it stands and must not be compared to a limit. The agency recorded which kind of limit this result was below, but stored 0.000000000 as the limit itself, which is not a level. The type is published and the value is null. What the limit was is not on record. Whether the result was a detection is a separate column: read resultType. , sample collected Sep 17, 2007, sampling point MRT000 TTHM 2950 EPA method 524.2 Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Jul 18, 2007
Sampling point
ST060 Tank S060
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070719-058NI
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
Not detected below 0.1 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 18, 2007, sampling point ST060 Nitrate-Nitrite 1038 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Not detected below 0.08 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 18, 2007, sampling point ST060 Nitrate 1040 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Not detected below 0.02 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jul 18, 2007, sampling point ST060 Nitrite 1041 EPA method 353.2 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Jun 21, 2007
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070622-442PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.1214 mg/l , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Jun 21, 2007
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070622-441PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.1723 mg/l , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
0.0005 mg/l , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Jun 21, 2007
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070622-436PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.01 mg/l , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Collected
Jun 21, 2007
Sampling point
DS000 Distribution
Sample type
Routine
Lab sample
070622-461PB
Laboratory
MSDH Lab
0.0111 mg/l , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Copper, Free 1022 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007
Not detected below 0.0005 mg/l Minimum Reporting Level , sample collected Jun 21, 2007, sampling point DS000 Lead 1030 EPA method 200.8 Jan 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007

Routine (10).