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Community Water System · PWS MD0230220

Sunset Lakes LLC

Operator location Berlin, Maryland - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 48 people served; 161 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

48
People served (this PWS)
161
EPA violations (this PWS)
6
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Sunset Lakes LLC standing, high SDWIS violation third

48 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Sunset Lakes LLC sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (161), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (48; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

161
Total EPA violations on record
4%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
48
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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
34
County
Worcester
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
135
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 43 2014
Lead and Copper Rule MR 25 2020
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 19 2020
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 12 2020
Asbestos MR 9 1993
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 2007
Barium MR 4 1996
Mercury MR 4 1996
Selenium MR 4 1996
Antimony, Total MR 4 1996
Beryllium, Total MR 4 1996
Chromium MR 4 1996
Thallium, Total MR 4 1996
Cadmium MR 4 1996
Nickel MR 4 1996
Arsenic MR 3 1996
Fluoride MR 3 1996
TTHM MR 2 2013
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2013
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 1 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Sunset Lakes LLC has 161 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (6 of 161), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

161 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

Population served record for Sunset Lakes LLC

EPA SDWIS lists 48 people served and 34 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

161 violations · 48 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.

4 peers

What to do with Sunset Lakes LLC

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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater