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Handy Sanitary District

Serves an area of Davidson County, NC that includes Denton · 9,548 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Handy Sanitary District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • NC0229035
  • DENTON
  • NC
  • 9,548 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27239
EPA system ID NC0229035

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Handy Sanitary District buys its water from Town of Denton.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2025.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 3,759 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 26, 2025 Active
Enforcement action in place
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2022 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Handy Sanitary District go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 14 health-based violations (13 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 36 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 2 6
2000s 10 16
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 14
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 0 5

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began October 2014, Resolved.

Show all 14 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.072 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07465 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07652 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08117 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07805 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 18 formal enforcement actions against Handy Sanitary District between 2005 and 2025, filed as 21 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
Mar 31, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 21, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule
Mar 30, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jul 17, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 13, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 4 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 2, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 16, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 15, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jun 13, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Feb 19, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 21, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 30, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Chlorine
May 15, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform
Jun 17, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Public Notice
Mar 6, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 11, 2007 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 22, 2005 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Handy Sanitary District buys its water from Town of Denton. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Davidson Water Inc. 1 other community water system buys water from Handy Sanitary District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Handy Sanitary District.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Handy Sanitary District 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.

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