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Prince George's County, Maryland

38 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 56,734 people in Prince George's County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

38
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
1,362
Total violations Middle third of counties
92.1%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
50.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MD033 · Prince George's County 38 sys · 1,362 viol · #882/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #882/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-SMALL 38 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Charles County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Prince George's County ranks #882 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #16 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.

Prince George's County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #882 of 3,254 · #16 of 24 in Maryland.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Prince George's County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Baltimore city · lowest Charles · near Kent · highest 38.5% 88.2% 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
City of Bowie 25,000 6 Clean
Mgm National Harbor 24,000 2 Detected
U.s.d.a. Agricultural Research Center 1,400 32 -
Um Capital Region Medical Center 1,309 0 -
Cedarville Mobile Home Park 780 24 -
Patuxent River Park Aquasco, Girl Scout 500 15 -
Cheltenham Boys Village 330 9 -
Calvert Manor 300 54 -
Baden Elementary 300 100 -
Fast Fuels Gas Station 300 16 -
Greater Mt. Nebo A.m.e. Church 202 53 -
Baden Vol Fire Dept 200 15 -
Patuxent River 4-H Center 200 23 -
Um Capital Region Surgery Center 175 0 -
Tall Oaks Vocational School 135 70 -
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 120 74 -
Um Laurel Fmf Distribution System 110 0 -
Cedarville State Forest 106 16 -
S.h.a. - Marlboro Shop 102 16 -
Knights of Columbus 100 7 -
301 Bp 100 27 -
Beall Funeral Home 100 7 -
Moyaone Association Pool 85 39 -
Patuxent River 4-H Cabins 80 19 -
Patuxent River Pk Off, Jug Bay-Gun Club 75 19 -
Patuxent River Park Group Camp 75 8 -
Fairhaven School 70 32 -
National Colonial Farm (Accokeek Fnd.) 65 66 -
Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary and Visitor CT 57 14 -
William Schmidt Outdoor Center 50 181 -
Bragg Motel 50 51 -
Moores Country Store 50 65 -
Babes Boys Tavern 50 31 -
Alice Ferguson Foundation 41 16 -
Bowie Church Jesus Christ Latter Day Sts 35 10 -
Wssc-Western Branch 32 65 -
Edgemeade Road Re, LLC. 25 123 -
Richards Office Park 25 57 -

Compare beyond Maryland

Lower-flagged peers for Prince George's County

Cross-state counties nearest Prince George's County on flagged-system share (92.1%) and cumulative violation count (1,362). 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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