Community Water System · PWS MD0100023
Town of Thurmont
Operator location Thurmont, Maryland - larger served population (> 3,309) at 6,200 people served; 99 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.
- 6,200
- People served (this PWS)
- 99
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 9
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Town of Thurmont standing, high SDWIS violation third
6,200 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 9% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #6,665 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Town of Thurmont sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (99), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,200; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 9% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #6,665 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #46 of 437
- Population · MD
- 99
- Total EPA violations on record
- 9%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,360
- County
- Frederick
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 82
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2010 |
| Trichloroethylene | MCL | 4 | 1999 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 3 | 1996 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 1996 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Toluene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 2008 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 2002 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Town of Thurmont has 99 recorded EPA violations, 73% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 27% carry more. 9% of this system's own violations are health-based (9 of 99), and it ranks #6,665 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)
99 Around the middle fewer violations than 27% 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. 31 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFDA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/14/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/14/2025 | 13.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/14/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/14/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/14/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/14/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/14/2025 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/14/2025 | 5.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 7/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/14/2025 | 12.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/14/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/14/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/14/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/14/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/14/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/14/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/14/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/14/2025 | 3.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTA | 7/14/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/14/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/14/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Population served record for Town of Thurmont
EPA SDWIS lists 6,200 people served and 2,360 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
99 violations · 6,200 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Town of Thurmont
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Maryland compares on the same EPA violation measures. Maryland systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.