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Daniel Morgan Water District

Serves an area of Cherokee County, SC that includes Gaffney · 5,746 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Daniel Morgan Water District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • SC1120001
  • CHESNEE
  • SC
  • 5,746 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 29323
EPA system ID SC1120001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Daniel Morgan Water District buys its water from Grassy Pond Water Co Inc.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by South Carolina, January 2024.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,252 unknown out of 2,125 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Daniel Morgan Water District go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 2 0

Enforcement actions

South Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Daniel Morgan Water District in 2024. The most recent was an administrative penalty in January 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 11, 2024 South Carolina Administrative penalty 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jan 11, 2024 South Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Daniel Morgan Water District buys its water from Grassy Pond Water Co Inc. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Daniel Morgan Water District.

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Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Daniel Morgan Water 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.

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Testing your own water

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