Is TOWN OF THURMONT's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF THURMONT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,200 people through 2,360 service connections.
TOWN OF THURMONT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TOWN OF THURMONT ranks 4,025th by violation burden (69th percentile) - 50 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the MD average
MD's 93 covered systems average 3.3 health-based violations each; TOWN OF THURMONT carries 4, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
TOWN OF THURMONT's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-06-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-06-11. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
TOWN OF THURMONT'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
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 THURMONT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is TOWN OF THURMONT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF THURMONT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.