Community Water System · PWS MD0230001
Town of Berlin
Operator location Berlin, Maryland - 0% of 158 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 4,500 served per SDWIS.
- 4,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 158
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Town of Berlin standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 158 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: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #8,236 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Town of Berlin sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (158), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (4,500; 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 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #8,236 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #63 of 437
- Population · MD
- 158
- 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.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,959
- County
- Worcester
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 153
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Benzene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Toluene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Styrene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 7 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2008 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2010 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2010 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Town of Berlin has 158 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 158), and it ranks #8,236 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)
158 Higher than most more violations than 82% 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. 9 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHpA | 7/19/2023 | 3.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/19/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/19/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/19/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/19/2023 | 4.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/19/2023 | 6.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 7/19/2023 | 4.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/19/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 7/19/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/19/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 7/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Town of Berlin
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 MD0230001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
158 violations · 4,500 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 Berlin
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