Public water system record
Town of Denton
Serves Denton, Davidson County, NC · 1,710 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Denton 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
- 13
Key facts
- Town of Denton draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2025.
- Record on file since 1987, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,073 unknown out of 1,232 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1987
EPA's records for Town of Denton go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 60 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 16 |
| 1990s | 0 | 14 |
| 2000s | 7 | 25 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 9 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2005, Resolved.
Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0828 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0738 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07367 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.06675 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 19 formal enforcement actions against Town of Denton between 1987 and 2025, filed as 23 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Aug 1, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 1, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 5, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Apr 20, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 22, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Atrazine |
| Aug 8, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Atrazine |
| Mar 31, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Dec 18, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Mar 29, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Apr 21, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Atrazine |
| Mar 10, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 21, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Dec 31, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Aug 13, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Atrazine |
| Oct 29, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Dalapon, Atrazine |
| Dec 22, 2005 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations (4 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Sep 30, 1987 | North Carolina | Administrative penalty | 24 violations: Arsenic, Fluoride, Mercury, Chromium (total), Barium |
Where the water comes from
Town of Denton draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Denton.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Handy Sanitary District Denton, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Denton 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