Is TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,288 people get their water from it, across 1,586 connections.
How this compares nationally
TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN has 15 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,130th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 60th percentile nationally.
Against the MD average
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN carries 3, 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 MIDDLETOWN's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN's record does not cover
TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN'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 TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,130th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.