TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN: EPA violation history, explained
TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,791 people get their water from it, across 770 connections.
How this compares nationally
20 total violations and 1 health-based ones put TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN at the 39th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,836 of 12,903.
How TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN compares within MD
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN'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 - 1 health-based violation on file for TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN - 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.