Community Water System · PWS MD0070011
Town of Elkton
Operator location Elkton, Maryland - 0% of 31 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 15,625 served per SDWIS.
- 15,625
- People served (this PWS)
- 31
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 8 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Town of Elkton standing, mid SDWIS violation third
0% of 31 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #3,343 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Town of Elkton lands in the middle third by violation volume (31), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (15,625; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 8 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #3,343 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #26 of 437
- Population · MD
- 31
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
8 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 6,692
- County
- Cecil
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 11
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2008 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 3 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2016 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Town of Elkton has 31 recorded EPA violations, 43% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 56% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 31), and it ranks #3,343 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
31 Lower than most fewer violations than 56% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 50 of 319 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFTA | 9/12/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/12/2024 | 4.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/12/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/12/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/12/2024 | 3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/12/2024 | 4.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/12/2024 | 5.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/12/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/30/2025 | 11.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/30/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/30/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/30/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/30/2025 | 10.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 6/30/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/30/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/30/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/30/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/30/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/30/2025 | 8.60 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 6/30/2025 | 16.20 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
Health-based violations on Town of Elkton
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MD0070011.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
31 violations · 15,625 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Town of Elkton
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