FREDERICK WATER: EPA violation history, explained
FREDERICK WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 46,206 people through 15,368 service connections.
How this compares nationally
9 total violations and 3 health-based ones put FREDERICK WATER at the 59th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,306 of 12,903.
How FREDERICK WATER compares within VA
FREDERICK WATER's 3 health-based violations sit within the VA average of 4.2, across 186 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FREDERICK WATER is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2001-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FREDERICK WATER'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 FREDERICK WATER 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 FREDERICK WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,306th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.