MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY: EPA violation history, explained
MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,200, over 4,745 connections.
How this compares nationally
2 total violations and 1 health-based ones put MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY at the 29th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,108 of 12,903.
How MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY compares within MD
Among the 93 MD systems in this dataset, the average is 3.3 health-based violations - MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY is from 1995-04-10 (health-based: 1995-04-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY'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:
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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
MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY'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. Between the utility's meter and MARYLAND AMERICAN WATER COMPANY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,108th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.