What's in FORT DETRICK's water?
FORT DETRICK had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 7,900 people get their water from it, across 644 connections.
FORT DETRICK's record against the rest of the country
32 total violations and 6 health-based ones put FORT DETRICK at the 76th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,042 of 12,903.
Against the MD average
FORT DETRICK's 6 health-based violations sit above the MD average of 3.3, across 93 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
FORT DETRICK's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
FORT DETRICK'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 FORT DETRICK's record does not cover
FORT DETRICK'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 - 6 health-based violations on file for FORT DETRICK - 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.