This system has 1 health-based violation on the EPA record — involving Nitrate, Surface Water Treatment. A limit meant to protect health, exceeded.
Nitrate comes from fertilizer, septic and wastewater. Above the limit it can starve infants of oxygen and is linked to cancer risk.
Read the rule → EPA · Safe Drinking Water Act standardsThe 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 RulesA 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 RulesA 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 RulesThe water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.
Nitrate: Nitrate comes from fertilizer, septic and wastewater. Above the limit it can starve infants of oxygen and is linked to cancer risk.
Read the rule → EPA · Safe Drinking Water Act standardsSource: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0060213. “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.
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