Midland-Lonaconing, MD Water Quality
Midland-Lonaconing: EPA violation history, explained
Midland-Lonaconing had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 5,000, over 1,450 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
22 total violations and 8 health-based ones put Midland-Lonaconing at the 81th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,412 of 12,903.
Against the MD average
Midland-Lonaconing's 8 health-based violations sit above the MD average of 3.2, across 98 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
Midland-Lonaconing's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
Midland-Lonaconing'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; 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 Midland-Lonaconing's record does not cover
Everything on this page is Midland-Lonaconing's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for Midland-Lonaconing - 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.