Community Water System · PWS MD0100019
Mount Saint Marys University
Operator location Emmitsburg, Maryland - 52% of 166 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,900 served per SDWIS.
- 1,900
- People served (this PWS)
- 166
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 86
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Mount Saint Marys University standing, high SDWIS violation third
52% of 166 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 52% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #14,018 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Mount Saint Marys University sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (166), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,900 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 52% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,018 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #116 of 437
- Population · MD
- 166
- Total EPA violations on record
- 52%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 8
- County
- Frederick
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 76
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 86
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 86 | 1998 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 48 | 1994 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 8 | 1996 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2009 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2011 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2013 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mount Saint Marys University has 166 recorded EPA violations, 83% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 17% carry more. 52% of this system's own violations are health-based (86 of 166), and it ranks #14,018 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)
166 Higher than most more violations than 83% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Mount Saint Marys University
86 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MD0100019.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
166 violations · 1,900 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Mount Saint Marys University
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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