Maryland · ZIP 20714 · EPA MD0040030

Is this in North Beach's water?

Town of North Beach · serves 3,000 people · groundwater · 850 connections
8
violations on the federal EPA record
1
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
3,000
people drink this water every day

This system has 1 health-based violation on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Lead & Copper Rule. 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
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 Rule
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 Rules

The federal record.

RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2008

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.

Who is responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2007

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. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Who is responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2013

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. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Who is responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2018

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. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Who is responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
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 responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
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 responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2024

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.

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 Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2024

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.

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North Beach · attn Bowen, Donald · 443-646-2380 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 8916 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0040030. “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

Reverse osmosis

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Chlorine · taste · odor

Catalytic carbon

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Filter bottle

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