TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD: EPA violation history, explained

TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,600, over 2,184 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD has 6 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,783th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 47th percentile nationally.

Against the MD average

MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2003-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD'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:

• Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate

The most severe category on record is nitrate / nitrite, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD's record does not cover

TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.