DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in CITY OF CRISFIELD's water?

CITY OF CRISFIELD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,976 people through 2,034 service connections.

CITY OF CRISFIELD's record against the rest of the country

CITY OF CRISFIELD has 5 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,766th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 32th percentile nationally.

How CITY OF CRISFIELD compares within MD

MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; CITY OF CRISFIELD carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF CRISFIELD is from 2020-01-10 (health-based: 1991-12-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CITY OF CRISFIELD'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:

The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

CITY OF CRISFIELD'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 CRISFIELD - 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.