What's in CITY OF FROSTBURG's water?
CITY OF FROSTBURG has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 11,000 people get their water from it, across 2,940 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF FROSTBURG has 5 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,858th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 47th percentile nationally.
Against the MD average
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; CITY OF FROSTBURG carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF FROSTBURG's most recent violation on record is dated 2002-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF FROSTBURG'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 CITY OF FROSTBURG's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF FROSTBURG 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 CITY OF FROSTBURG's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,858th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.