How many water violations are in Cecil County?

Cecil County has 6,007 total drinking water violations across 197 water systems, of which 1,688 are health-based violations. 93.9% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Cecil County systems?

Water systems in Cecil County serve approximately 70,068 people through 197 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Cecil County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 2 of 4 tested systems in Cecil County had at least one PFAS detection (50.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 197 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Cecil County?

Water systems in Cecil County use GW (188 systems), SW (9 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 28.1% of Cecil County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Cecil County in the higher health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

Where does Cecil County sit among U.S. counties for water-system population?

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cecil County ranks #741 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #13 of 24 counties in Maryland. Ordinals use the same total_population DESC sort as the counties directory. See /methodology#corpus-placement.

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Cecil County, Maryland

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SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MD015 · Cecil County 197 sys · 6,007 viol · #741/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

VIOL-SEVERE 93.9% flagged
HEALTH-MID 28.1% health
RANK-UPPER #741/3254
ABOVE-PEER +1.5 pp
PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 95%
SYS-LARGE 197 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Charles County ( -1.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cecil County ranks #741 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #13 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cecil County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 28.1% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #741 of 3,254 · #13 of 24 in Maryland.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Town of Elkton	15,625	31	Detected
Town of North East	8,600	168	Detected
Town of Perryville	4,413	196	Clean
Town of Charlestown	3,791	49	-
Elkton West	3,500	47	Clean
Town of Rising Sun	2,200	78	-
Mountain Hill Water Company	2,154	6	-
Perry Point V.A. Medical Center	2,000	223	-
Royal Farms #87 Conowingo	1,122	2	-
Rising Sun High School	1,102	72	-
Pine Hills	953	23	-
Town & Country Mobile Home Park	950	27	-
Conowingo Elementary	874	24	-
Rising Sun Elementary	726	14	-
Port Deposit	725	67	-
Buttonwood Beach RV Resort	725	22	-
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation	700	25	-
Rodney Scout Camp	700	25	-
Town of Chesapeake City [Formerly South]	673	38	-
Elk Neck Elementary	605	11	-
Crystal Beach Manor/T&c Utility	500	28	-
Town of Cecilton	477	39	-
Misty Meadows 1 / Highland Hills M.H.P.	460	127	-
Dollar General #13896	450	10	-
Harbor View	437	49	-
Bainbridge Elementary	413	10	-
Carpenters Point Water Co.	400	25	-
Benjamins Village/Homestead M.H.P.	400	90	-
Stoney Chase/ Rock Creek M.h.p.s	396	21	-
Calvert Elementary	389	16	-
Providence School	380	16	-
Leeds Elementary	372	11	-
Tri-State Christian Academy	350	63	-
Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park	325	47	-
Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System	320	2	-
Indian Acres Club of Chesapeake Bay	316	49	-
Mount Aviat Academy	310	22	-
Dollar General #14009	300	15	-
Grace Bible Chapel	300	0	-
Sherwood Forest/Forest View Village MHP	293	89	-
Autumn Lake Healthcare	290	88	-
Cecil Woods Mobile Home Park WTP	285	4	-
Bay Country Estates Mobile Home Park	276	82	-
Warwick Mushroom Farm	265	44	-
West Nottingham Academy	250	58	-
Conowingo Mobile Home Park	250	108	-
Dollar General #23869	250	3	-
Forest Green Court Mobile Home Park	212	96	-
W.l. Gore at Fair Hill	200	60	-
Sunoco of Rising Sun #7249	200	11	-

Compare beyond Maryland

Mid-flagged peers for Cecil County

Cross-state counties nearest Cecil County on flagged-system share (93.9%) and cumulative violation count (6,007). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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