TOWN OF POOLESVILLE: EPA violation history, explained
TOWN OF POOLESVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,005 people through 2,105 service connections.
TOWN OF POOLESVILLE's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TOWN OF POOLESVILLE ranks 4,814th by violation burden (63th percentile) - 46 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How TOWN OF POOLESVILLE compares within MD
TOWN OF POOLESVILLE's 3 health-based violations sit within the MD average of 3.3, across 93 systems statewide. 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 POOLESVILLE is from 2021-01-04 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF POOLESVILLE'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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
TOWN OF POOLESVILLE'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 46 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.