Garden Estates Central Water
Water System Report · La Plata, MD
EPA PWS ID: MD0080015

This is one of 8 public water systems serving or based in this local area. Make sure this is the system tied to your address before using these results to make a decision about your own water.

Maryland · ZIP 20646 · EPA MD0080015

Is this in La Plata's water?

Garden Estates Central Water · serves 55 people · groundwater · 22 connections
10
violations on the federal EPA record
1
health-based — a rule meant to protect health
55
people drink this water every day

This system has 1 health-based violation on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, Lead & Copper Rule, Nitrate. Each one means a health rule was broken: a limit exceeded or a required treatment step missed.

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
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. EPA's health goal (MCLG) for lead is 0. Lead is regulated with an action level rather than a standard MCL.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
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 standards
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 Treatment2007›

EPA lists this as a Surface Water Treatment violation. We show the federal category as reported rather than guessing what caused it.

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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2008›

EPA lists this as a Surface Water Treatment violation. We show the federal category as reported rather than guessing what caused it.

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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2011›

EPA lists this as a Surface Water Treatment violation. We show the federal category as reported rather than guessing what caused it.

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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2012›

EPA lists this as a Surface Water Treatment violation. We show the federal category as reported rather than guessing what caused it.

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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2015›

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.

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. EPA's health goal (MCLG) for lead is 0. Lead is regulated with an action level rather than a standard MCL.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Who is responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingNitrate2016›

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.

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 standards
Who is responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2018›

EPA lists this as a Surface Water Treatment violation. We show the federal category as reported rather than guessing what caused it.

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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2023›

EPA lists this as a Surface Water Treatment violation. We show the federal category as reported rather than guessing what caused it.

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 responsibleGarden Estates Central Water · 301-653-3986 — you can ask the utility about its record. Every community water system must publish a yearly Consumer Confidence Report.Their office: 6995 Rose Lane, La Plata ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0080015. EPA's legal limit (MCL) and health goal (MCLG) can be different. Where both exist, we show both. Results vary by home, plumbing and date.

System name
Garden Estates Central Water
EPA PWS ID
MD0080015
State
Maryland
Locality / ZIP
La Plata, MD 20646
Population served
55
Data period
2007–2024 (violations on the federal record)
Last EPA data refresh
2026-10-02
Primary EPA source
EPA ECHO record for MD0080015
See the full ZIP 20646 report: PFAS, lithium and lead results →
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