Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID MD0010038
What's in Brophytown Distribution System, MD tap water
Only 8 of 27 core regulated contaminants were reported for Brophytown Distribution System, MD. What was measured is not clean — but most of the picture is missing.
- !1 contaminant at or above a federal limit — worst is HAA5 at 1.1x
- !8 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 19 never appear in this report
- ✓No open federal violations
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −14 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −0 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −0 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −17 core regulated contaminants never reported (8/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- HAA51.1× the federal limit36.5–68.1 ug/L · limit 60 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is associated with an increased cancer risk.
Higher than 95% of MD systems that report it · higher than 95% of U.S. systems
+7 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| TTHM | 18.5–41.9 ug/L | 80 ug/L |
| Lead | 5 ug/L | 15 ug/L |
| Chlorine | 0.7 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Copper | 0.22 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Nitrate | 1 mg/L | 10 mg/L |
| Combined Radium | 0.2 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L |
| Barium | 0.038 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
What this report doesn't tell you
19 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Brophytown Distribution System, MD's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Brophytown Distribution System, MD buys its drinking water from TOWN OF WESTERNPORT.
Source
Treatment
Distribution
Also buys water from TOWN OF WESTERNPORT.
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.