Conway Water Treatment
Water Treatment and Well Filtration for Conway, SC Homes
Fifteen miles inland from the oceanfront, Conway homes draw from the Waccamaw watershed and the regional Grand Strand supply — or from private wells out in the surrounding county. HydroSmart helps Conway and inland Horry County homeowners cut chlorine byproducts, tame well-water iron and acidity, and get cleaner drinking water with systems matched to their actual source.
Is Conway, SC tap water safe to drink?
Conway's tap water comes from the same regional supply that serves much of Horry County, so it is treated to meet federal drinking-water limits — and EPA's latest monitoring found PFAS in the area's municipal water, including PFOA and PFOS above the limits EPA finalized in 2024 (utilities have until 2029 to comply). Conway sits about fifteen miles up the Waccamaw River from the coast. Homes on the municipal system usually notice chlorine taste and shower odor rather than heavy scale. Households on private wells in rural western Horry County face a different list entirely — iron, low pH, and tannin staining from the blackwater watershed. Either way, a free in-home test is the only way to see what is actually coming out of a Conway tap.
Why Conway water is really two different problems
Conway is not the beach. It sits inland on the Waccamaw River, and its water splits into two very different stories: homes on the regional municipal supply, and homes on private wells in the surrounding rural county. EPA monitoring of the area's municipal water shows PFAS — including PFOA and PFOS above the limits EPA finalized in 2024, with utility compliance required by 2029 — while inland wells tend toward iron, acidity, and tannins. That is why Conway homeowners are best served by a test-first approach instead of a one-size-fits-all system.
What makes Conway's water different
Conway is the historic seat of Horry County, one of South Carolina's oldest inland towns, set roughly fifteen miles up the Waccamaw River from the Myrtle Beach oceanfront. The Waccamaw is a blackwater river — naturally tea-colored, soft, and slightly acidic from the tannins it carries out of the coastal-plain swamps — which makes Conway's raw source water chemically different from a typical inland reservoir. Because the built-up Grand Strand is served almost entirely by the regional utility, a larger share of homes in Conway and rural western Horry County near Aynor and Bucksport still run on private wells, where iron, low pH, and tannin staining are the usual complaints rather than the chlorine byproducts of city water. Downtown Conway's older housing stock also means aging service lines and fixtures that can add metals at the tap, so point-of-use filtration matters even when the incoming water tests clean.
The local contaminants most likely to get attention in Conway
PFAS in the area's municipal supply
EPA's UCMR5 monitoring found PFOS in the area's municipal water above the 4 ppt limit EPA finalized in 2024. That is not a current violation — utilities have until 2029 to comply — but it is a clear reason city-water homes in Conway add carbon or reverse-osmosis treatment now rather than waiting.
PFOA carries the same 2029 timeline
PFOA also appears above EPA's 2024 limit in federal monitoring of the municipal supply. Point-of-use reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap is the proven in-home reduction step for both compounds.
Low-level lead in home sampling
EPA Lead & Copper Rule sampling shows detectable lead at the 90th percentile of homes tested — below the federal action level, but downtown Conway's older housing stock is exactly where an individual home can run higher than the utility-wide number.
How HydroSmart approaches Conway
Whole-home conditioning for Conway city water
For homes on the Grand Strand municipal supply, a whole-home carbon and conditioning system cuts chlorine, disinfection byproducts, and scale before water reaches any tap, shower, or appliance in the house.
See city-water solutions →Well treatment for inland Horry County
Private wells around Conway, Aynor, and Bucksport often need iron and sediment removal, pH neutralizing for acidic blackwater-region groundwater, and UV or nitrate protection — a very different stack than a city-water home.
Explore well-water treatment →Reverse-osmosis drinking water at the tap
Whether Conway water comes from the city or a well, a dedicated reverse-osmosis system gives families cleaner, better-tasting water for drinking, cooking, and coffee without re-plumbing the whole house.
Compare drinking-water systems →Areas we support around Conway
Conway · Aynor · Bucksport · Homewood · Red Hill · Galivants Ferry
Conway water treatment FAQ
Is Conway on the same water system as Myrtle Beach?
Conway sits inland in Horry County and is served by the same regional Grand Strand supply that covers much of the coast, so the municipal water profile HydroSmart uses is similar. The bigger difference in Conway is how many homes — especially in the rural western county around Aynor and Bucksport — are on private wells instead of city water.
Why does my Conway well water look tea-colored or stain fixtures?
That tint usually comes from tannins and iron in the coastal-plain groundwater that feeds wells across the Waccamaw watershed. Tannins leave a yellow-brown cast and iron leaves orange staining on sinks, tubs, and laundry. Both are treatable, but the right system depends on a test — which is why HydroSmart starts every well job with a free water analysis.
Does HydroSmart serve rural areas outside Conway?
Yes. This page covers Conway and the surrounding inland Horry County communities including Aynor, Bucksport, Homewood, Red Hill, and Galivants Ferry. Whether you are on the municipal system downtown or a private well out in the county, HydroSmart can test your water and recommend the right treatment.