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Wicomico County, Maryland

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MD045 · Wicomico County 98 sys · 2,635 viol · #853/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #853/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.6 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 98 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Kent County (+ 0.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wicomico County ranks #853 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #15 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wicomico County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 29.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #853 of 3,254 · #15 of 24 in Maryland.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wicomico County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Baltimore city · lowest Charles · near Wicomico · this county 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
City of Salisbury 30,343 18 Detected
City of Fruitland 5,907 12 Detected
Town of Delmar 4,500 3 Clean
Town of Pittsville 1,500 57 -
Town of Hebron 1,022 110 -
Town of Willards 1,021 30 -
Salisbury Christian School 750 30 -
Mardela Middle/High School 735 20 -
East Coast Fuel, LLC 650 55 -
Town of Sharptown 625 101 -
Mardela Goose Creek Inc 607 5 -
Christ UMC 500 4 -
Winterplace Market 500 12 -
Crown Sport Center 400 55 -
Perdue Farms Inc. - Main Office 400 62 -
Perdue Farms Inc. - Feed Mill 400 105 -
Steeplechase Waterworks 395 3 -
Red Roost 325 12 -
Northwestern Elementary School 310 41 -
Westside Mobile Home Park 300 43 -
Wicomico Day School 300 54 -
East Wicomico Little League Complex 300 58 -
Nutters Crossing Clubhouse,link Food Srv 300 15 -
Westside Primary School 260 9 -
Hebron Woods Mobile Home Park 250 21 -
Salisbury Church of Lds 240 20 -
Cedarhurst Mobile Home Park 220 65 -
Salisbury School 220 39 -
Pohanka of Salisbury, Inc. 214 14 -
Countryside Market and Deli 200 2 -
Sandy Hill Family Camp 200 4 -
Community Park at Winterplace 200 17 -
Nutters Crossing Gc- Satellite Building 200 7 -
Naylor Mill Village Mobile Home Park 180 35 -
Walstons Mobile Home Park 165 30 -
Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park 150 27 -
Wesley Temple Church 150 27 -
Cross Roads Market 150 37 -
Faith Baptist Church & School 125 29 -
Delmarva Early Learning Center 120 16 -
B and J Market 100 5 -
Southbound Alley 100 11 -
Green Hill Yacht and Cc [Clubhouse] 100 2 -
Woodlawn Family Camping 100 5 -
Express Lane Inc 100 3 -
Parkers Produce and Seafood 100 7 -
31550 Winterplace Park 97 15 -
Harbour Light Estates Community 95 34 -
Pine Tree Mobile Home Park 91 68 -
New Dimensions Church 89 19 -

Compare beyond Maryland

Mid-flagged peers for Wicomico County

Cross-state counties nearest Wicomico County on flagged-system share (95.9%) and cumulative violation count (2,635). 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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