What's in CITY OF BOWIE's water?
CITY OF BOWIE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 25,000, over 7,921 connections.
CITY OF BOWIE's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF BOWIE has 3 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,962th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 31th percentile nationally.
Against the MD average
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; CITY OF BOWIE carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF BOWIE's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF BOWIE'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CITY OF BOWIE's record does not cover
CITY OF BOWIE's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for CITY OF BOWIE - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.