HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 9,548 people get their water from it, across 3,410 connections.
How this compares nationally
57 total violations and 15 health-based ones put HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,226 of 12,903.
How HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT's 15 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT is from 2027-02-02 (health-based: 2017-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and HANDY SANITARY DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,226th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.