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Saxapahaw Utility Company

Serves Saxapahaw, Alamance County, NC · 994 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Saxapahaw Utility Company in the last ten years.

  • NC0201130
  • SAXAPAHAW
  • NC
  • 994 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 27340
EPA system ID NC0201130

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
7

Key facts

  • Saxapahaw Utility Company draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2025.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 6 lead and 0 unknown out of 190 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2021 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2021 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 29, 2013 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Saxapahaw Utility Company go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 94 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 16
1990s 0 4
2000s 1 66
2010 to October 18, 2016 5 8
2020s 0 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2013, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2013 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.009 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0086 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.012 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (2.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0086 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2002 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 16 formal enforcement actions against Saxapahaw Utility Company between 2008 and 2025, filed as 19 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 24, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 1, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 6, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 18, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Nitrate
Feb 8, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Mar 7, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: E. coli
Nov 21, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Apr 25, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 8, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Dec 5, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): DICHLOROMETHANE
Jun 4, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine
Jan 14, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
Nov 23, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform
Jan 12, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 24 violations: Dinoseb, 2,4,5-TP, OXAMYL, Dalapon, 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Nov 25, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 29 violations: ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Dinoseb, Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB), Picloram, Dalapon
Oct 22, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations: Combined Uranium, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Radium-226, Radium-228, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U

Where the water comes from

Saxapahaw Utility Company draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Saxapahaw Utility Company 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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