TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE: EPA violation history, explained
TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,300, over 1,277 connections.
How this compares nationally
84 total violations and 2 health-based ones put TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE at the 55th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,803 of 12,903.
How TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE compares within MD
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE carries 2, 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 PRINCESS ANNE is from 2020-01-01 (health-based: 2017-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
TOWN OF PRINCESS ANNE'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 PRINCESS ANNE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,803th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.