This system has 3 health-based violations on the EPA record — involving Lead & Copper Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM). A limit meant to protect health, exceeded.
The Lead & Copper Rule requires utilities to test water at customer taps for lead and copper — metals that enter water from pipes and plumbing, not the source. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.
Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper RuleTotal trihalomethanes are cancer-linked byproducts formed when chlorine disinfects water; federal rules cap them and require regular testing.
Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts RulesThe utility didn't complete required testing or paperwork on time. The water wasn't necessarily bad — but what isn't measured can't be caught.
Lead & Copper Rule: The Lead & Copper Rule requires utilities to test water at customer taps for lead and copper — metals that enter water from pipes and plumbing, not the source. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.
Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper RuleThe utility failed to carry out a treatment process the rule requires — the safeguard itself wasn't run properly.
The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM): Total trihalomethanes are cancer-linked byproducts formed when chlorine disinfects water; federal rules cap them and require regular testing.
Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts RulesThe utility didn't complete required testing or paperwork on time. The water wasn't necessarily bad — but what isn't measured can't be caught.
The utility didn't complete required testing or paperwork on time. The water wasn't necessarily bad — but what isn't measured can't be caught.
The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM): Total trihalomethanes are cancer-linked byproducts formed when chlorine disinfects water; federal rules cap them and require regular testing.
Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts RulesSource: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0100011. “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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