Maryland · ZIP 21613 · EPA MD0090009

Is this in Cambridge's water?

Lodgecliffe Distribution System · serves 300 people · groundwater · 103 connections
7
violations on the federal EPA record
1
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
300
people drink this water every day

This system has 1 health-based violation on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, Surface Water Treatment. A limit meant to protect health, exceeded.

Ground Water Rule

The Ground Water Rule protects wells and aquifer-fed systems from fecal contamination through source-water monitoring and fixes.

Read the rule → EPA · Ground Water Rule
Surface Water Treatment

The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules

The federal record.

RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2003

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2007

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2008

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2013

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2012

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗
HEALTHtreatment-technique violationGround Water Rule2024

The utility failed to carry out a treatment process the rule requires — the safeguard itself wasn't run properly.

Ground Water Rule: The Ground Water Rule protects wells and aquifer-fed systems from fecal contamination through source-water monitoring and fixes.

Read the rule → EPA · Ground Water Rule
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗
RECORDlate or missing reportGround Water Rule2024

A required report to regulators or the public was late or missing.

Ground Water Rule: The Ground Water Rule protects wells and aquifer-fed systems from fecal contamination through source-water monitoring and fixes.

Read the rule → EPA · Ground Water Rule
Who is responsibleLodgecliffe Distribution System · attn Quathamer, Henry · 443-205-5282 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: Dorchester County Sanitary District, Cambridge ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0090009. “Compliant” means clearing federal limits — many unchanged for ~20 years. Health guidelines from independent scientists are often stricter. Results vary by home, plumbing and date.

Fix it, honestly.

Dissolved metals · nitrate

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