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Denver Shores MHP Water System

What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
229 people
Connections
90
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Denver, NC
County
Lincoln
Owner
Private
The ZIP code it serves

28037

The short answer

1 result is above the limit’s level with no violation recorded. The worst: Arsenic, above the limit’s level, no violation. No health-based violations on file since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): North Carolina’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2020 to 2023.

Fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from June 18, 2013 to June 24, 2019. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the limit’s level, no violation recorded1

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the limit’s level, no violation

19.3ppb

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2023

2023: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 19.3 ppb, in 2022, about twice EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb. In 2023, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found. EPA judges this limit on running averages at each sampling point, and recorded no violation for arsenic at this utility since 2020. Results like these with no violation often include water sampled before treatment or blending; the utility’s annual report says what reaches the tap.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Below EPA’s limits1

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.15ppm

Highest yearly average, 2013 to 2019

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.15 ppm, in 2019, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. That was also the latest year on file.

What handles it

6 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
  • Lead
  • Nitrate
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
  • Uranium

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claim: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016. There are 6 monitoring or reporting violations: a sample missed, late or not reported.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Arsenic, haloacetic acids (HAA5), nitrate and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are North Carolina’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Fluoride, chromium (total) and uranium come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Denver Shores MHP Water System’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for North Carolina cover 2020 to 2023; EPA’s compliance samples are from June 18, 2013 to June 24, 2019.

Testing your own tap

Denver Shores MHP Water System’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab North Carolina certifies.

The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to the area Denver Shores MHP Water System serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services- Huntersville NC

    Huntersville, NC · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (803) 227-2702

  • Lincoln County Health Department

    Lincolnton, NC · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (704) 736-8636

  • Statesville Analytical, Holdings, LLC

    Statesville, NC · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (704) 872-4697

All 112 certified labs for North Carolina

Sources

PWSID NC0155119. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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