Maryland · ZIP 21784 · EPA MD0060010

Is this in Sykesville's water?

Springfield Hospital Distribution · serves 1,500 people · surface water · 56 connections
26
violations on the federal EPA record
20
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
1,500
people drink this water every day

This system has 20 health-based violations on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Surface Water Treatment. 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
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
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.

RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2003

A 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 Rules
Who is responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2015

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2016

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2016

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2016

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2016

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2017

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2017

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2018

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 Rules
Who is responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2018

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 Rules
Who is responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2019

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2008

A 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 Rules
Who is responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2019

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2020

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

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 responsibleSpringfield Hospital Distribution · attn Butler, Jordan · 410-970-7001 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 6655 Sykesville Road, Sykesville ↗
+ 12 more on the federal record

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0060010. “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.