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Kent County, Maryland

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MD029 · Kent County 58 sys · 1,297 viol · #1748/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 42.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1748/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.6 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 58 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Wicomico County ( -0.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kent County ranks #1,748 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kent County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 42.6% 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 #1,748 of 3,254 · #22 of 24 in Maryland.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kent County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Baltimore city · lowest Charles · near Wicomico · near 38.5% 92.1% 92.4% 93.9% 95.9% 96.6%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Town of Chestertown 5,400 190 Clean
Town of Rock Hall 1,750 21 -
Worton 955 7 -
Mollys 915 2 -
Fairlee 725 47 -
Bayshore Campground 636 16 -
Town of Millington 625 12 Clean
Town of Galena 560 196 -
YMCA Camp Tockwogh 500 11 -
Great Oak Landing Marina 490 12 -
Town of Betterton 481 63 -
Echo Hill Camp 450 23 -
Echo Hill Outdoor School 434 16 -
Tolchester Marina Inc. 395 7 -
Chester River Yacht Club 380 31 -
Lankford Bay Marina Store 320 14 -
Kennedyville 300 9 -
Elks Lodge 2474 300 18 -
Edesville 296 5 -
Worton Creek Marina Inc 290 40 -
Gregg Neck Boat Yard 280 0 -
Millington Distribution System 260 0 -
Angelica Nurseries, Inc. 250 8 -
Presbyterian Church of Chestertown 235 3 -
Kent School, Inc. 225 29 -
Kitty Knight House 225 8 -
The Wharf at Handy Point North 215 4 -
Hopkins Game Farm 205 1 -
Great Oak Manor 202 9 -
VFW Post #652 202 21 -
Eastern Shore Bible Church 152 10 -
Minary's Dream Alliance, Inc 150 19 -
St. Pauls Church 129 4 -
The Wharf at Handy Point 124 10 -
Austin Plaza North 112 35 -
Rock Hall Yacht Club 105 36 -
Lapp Bakery 103 30 -
Dupont Fish and Game 100 5 -
Long Cove Marina 96 5 -
Shrewsbury Church 91 19 -
St James Church 80 12 -
Sbs Commercial LLC 73 26 -
Carriage Country Club 70 11 -
Willards Delmarva Agri Service Inc 55 16 -
Double Tap Tavern 52 30 -
Chesapeake Farms (Broadknox) 50 5 -
YMCA Camp Tickwogh 50 11 -
Marymed LLC Ground Water 48 3 -
Chestertown Animal Hospital 48 10 -
31850 Millington Road 45 3 -

Compare beyond Maryland

Mid-flagged peers for Kent County

Cross-state counties nearest Kent County on flagged-system share (96.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,297). 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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