Maryland · ZIP 21157 · EPA MD0060002

Is this in Westminster's water?

Freedom District · serves 24,867 people · surface water · 8,458 connections
14
violations on the federal EPA record
7
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
24,867
people drink this water every day

This system has 7 health-based violations 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.

HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2015

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2017

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2018

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2018

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2018

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2018

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2018

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2018

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2019

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2022

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗
RECORDlate or missing reportGround Water Rule2025

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 responsibleFreedom District · attn Watcher, Andrew C. · 410-386-2164 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: 225 North Center Street, Room 218, Westminster ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0060002. “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

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First step

Filter bottle

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