Maryland · ZIP 21911 · EPA MD0070206

Is this in Rising Sun's water?

Autumn Lake Healthcare · serves 290 people · groundwater · 1 connections
3
violations on the federal EPA record
1
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
290
people drink this water every day

This system has 1 health-based violation on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, 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
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

The federal record.

RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2005

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 responsibleAutumn Lake Healthcare · attn Watson, Maurice · 410-658-6555 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 1881 Telegraph Road, Rising Sun ↗
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 responsibleAutumn Lake Healthcare · attn Watson, Maurice · 410-658-6555 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 1881 Telegraph Road, Rising Sun ↗
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 responsibleAutumn Lake Healthcare · attn Watson, Maurice · 410-658-6555 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 1881 Telegraph Road, Rising Sun ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0070206. “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

NSF-58 certified under-sink RO — the only tech that broadly removes dissolved contaminants at the tap.

Chlorine · taste · odor

Catalytic carbon

NSF-42 whole-house carbon cuts chlorine, chloramine and the pool-water taste.

First step

Filter bottle

Certified grab-and-go protection while you decide on the whole-home fix.