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Dorchester County, Maryland

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MD019 · Dorchester County 75 sys · 1,468 viol · #1535/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 60.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 24.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1535/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 75 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Baltimore County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dorchester County ranks #1,535 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #20 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.

Dorchester County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 60.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 24.8% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,535 of 3,254 · #20 of 24 in Maryland.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dorchester County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Dorchester County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Baltimore city · lowest Baltimore · near Frederick · near Kent · highest 38.5% 60% 60.1% 63.7% 71.4% 71.9% 96.6%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Cambridge Water 15,000 6 Clean
Town of Hurlock 2,150 21 -
N. Dorchester Middle & High Schools 1,500 47 -
Town of Secretary 535 90 -
Henson Boy Scout Reservation 465 1 -
Town of Vienna 460 17 -
Town of East New Market 400 78 -
Bonnie Brook 390 31 -
Lodgecliffe Distribution System 300 16 -
Bay Country Mobile Home Park 300 19 -
Taylors Island Campground 289 1 -
Beaver Run Mobile Home Park 275 245 -
Bloch & Guggenheimer Co. 250 181 -
South Dorchester School 207 30 -
Reliance Mobile Home Park 200 265 -
Horn Point Lab. - Ctr. for Env. Science 125 53 -
Preston Autoplex 125 27 -
Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P. 118 2 -
Darling Ingredients Company 100 12 -
Pep-Up #4 87 1 -
Vision Quest Morning Star Youth Academy 84 28 -
Beckwith Church 81 0 -
Heritage Mobile Home Park 80 18 -
Palm Beach Willies 78 0 -
Cambridge Diner 75 0 -
Hoopers Island General Store 68 0 -
Koski Trucking Well #1 68 9 -
Woolford Country Store 65 0 -
Camp Thendara 4-H Center 65 0 -
Koski Trucking Well #3 65 4 -
Days Inn and Suites 60 0 -
Cindys Eastside Kitchen 60 13 -
Maryland Veterans Commission 58 0 -
Lakes and Straits V.f.c. 55 0 -
Moxeys Country Market 55 6 -
Warwick Manor Behavioral Health 52 55 -
Cambridge Moose Lodge #1211 50 1 -
Springdale Food Market 50 11 -
Countryside Christian Church 45 90 -
Williamsburg Country Kitchen 42 0 -
State Highway Admin. 40 10 -
Cambridge Dorchester Airport 40 14 -
A.e. Phillips and Son 40 0 -
Church Creek V.f.c. 40 10 -
Eldorado Brookview Fire Co. 40 2 -
Madison Bay Restaurant and Campground 40 0 -
Tideland Park Campground 40 0 -
Linkwood Salem Vol. Fire Co 40 0 -
Bay Country Bakery 40 0 -
Dorchester Co. Highway Department 35 3 -

Compare beyond Maryland

Lower-flagged peers for Dorchester County

Cross-state counties nearest Dorchester County on flagged-system share (60.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,468). 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

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