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Garrett County, Maryland

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MD023 · Garrett County 80 sys · 943 viol · #1552/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 63.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 50.5% health
  • RANK-MID #1552/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +3.6 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-MID 80 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Baltimore County ( -3.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Garrett County ranks #1,552 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #21 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.

Garrett County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 63.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 50.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Garrett County . Population served ranks #1,552 of 3,254 · #21 of 24 in Maryland.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Garrett County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Garrett 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
Deep Creek Lake Water Service Area 5,502 2 -
Town of Mountain Lake Park 3,000 42 -
Friendsville I-68 Rest Area Restroom 2,000 3 -
Town of Oakland 1,850 187 -
Deep Creek Lake State Park (Day Use) 1,500 0 -
Crossroads Church 1,000 0 -
Town of Grantsville 885 16 -
Swallow Falls State Park 791 0 -
Town of Friendsville 622 15 -
Good to Go (Funny Farm) 550 12 -
Lakeside Creamery 500 6 -
Bfs Foods 400 7 -
Town of Kitzmiller 370 9 -
Bloomington 350 26 -
Town of Accident 300 33 -
Pilot Travel Center & Arbys Restaurant 280 48 -
Town of Deer Park 272 13 -
Crellin 230 45 -
Deep Creek Lake State Park (Shop Well) 222 0 -
Bfs Foods - Grantsville Sunoco 220 10 -
Herrington Manor State Park 214 0 -
Mountain State Brewing Company 200 4 -
Chestnut Ridge Gas & Liquors 200 0 -
Route 40 Elementary School 190 15 -
Gorman 150 12 -
Deer Park Sportsmen's Club 150 0 -
John's Corner 150 0 -
Dollar General - Friendsville 150 0 -
Cherry Glade Mennonite Church 134 0 -
Heidi's Bakery 125 0 -
Western MD 4H Center 120 1 -
Savage River Lodge 119 0 -
New Germany State Park (Camping Area) 91 0 -
El Canelos 91 14 -
The Rolling Pin Bakery 88 4 -
Bulls Restaurant 86 7 -
Subway Shop (Grantsville) 84 0 -
Camp Sonrise Mountain 75 8 -
Chillin Hot Grill & Deli 75 6 -
China Wok and Genus Center Building 75 4 -
Rigidply Rafters 65 0 -
Keysers Ridge 63 0 -
Meadow Mountain Boys Camp 63 10 -
Dental Health Group 61 0 -
Backbone Mountain Boys Camp 60 7 -
Swan Meadow Elementary School 60 53 -
Little Sandys Diner 60 5 -
Saffitickers 60 0 -
Schrock's County Store 60 0 -
O.c. Cluss Lumber Company 54 4 -

Compare beyond Maryland

Lower-flagged peers for Garrett County

Cross-state counties nearest Garrett County on flagged-system share (63.7%) and cumulative violation count (943). 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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