Is TOWN OF DENTON's water safe to drink?

TOWN OF DENTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,500 people through 1,756 service connections.

How this compares nationally

TOWN OF DENTON has 4 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,881th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 31th percentile nationally.

How TOWN OF DENTON compares within MD

MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; TOWN OF DENTON carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 TOWN OF DENTON is from 2010-01-01 (health-based: 2009-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

TOWN OF DENTON'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 TOWN OF DENTON 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 4 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.