UNION COUNTY, SC (WSPA) – An Upstate water company was fined following a violation of the state primary drinking water regulation.
According to South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s health regulation enforcement report, the Meansville-Riley Road Water Company system tested present for total coliform and E. coli and failed to notify the public.
The water company must submit a standard operating procedure to ensure all public notice requirements are met, must submit a corrective action plan to include proposed steps to address the violation, must pay a civil penalty for $3,000, and pay a stipulated penalty of $4,000 should any requirement of the order not be met.
On Friday, Meansville-Riley Water Company officials issued a statement to 7 News about the violation and wanted to assure customers that their water is safe to drink:
