Public water system record
Town of Lawndale
Serves Lawndale, Cleveland County, NC · 660 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Lawndale in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 4
Key facts
- Town of Lawndale buys its water from Cleveland County Water.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2025.
- Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 252 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Town of Lawndale go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 235 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 7 |
| 2000s | 0 | 224 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 10 formal enforcement actions against Town of Lawndale between 2008 and 2025, filed as 14 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 18, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 27, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 15, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Jul 8, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Feb 18, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Dec 11, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 10 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Uranium, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Radium-226 |
| Oct 22, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 10 violations: Combined Uranium, Radium-226, Radium-228, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Aug 8, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 30 violations: Radium-226, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Radium-228, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Uranium |
| Jun 13, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
Town of Lawndale buys its water from Cleveland County Water. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Cleveland County Water Shelby, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Lawndale 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 North Carolina.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells