Is CITY OF TANEYTOWN's water safe to drink?
CITY OF TANEYTOWN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,750 people get their water from it, across 2,635 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF TANEYTOWN has 26 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,128th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 53th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF TANEYTOWN compares within MD
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; CITY OF TANEYTOWN 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
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF TANEYTOWN is from 2010-01-03 (health-based: 2009-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF TANEYTOWN'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)
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 CITY OF TANEYTOWN 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for CITY OF TANEYTOWN - 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.