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Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MD1031226

Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr

Operator location Monkton, Maryland - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations) with 0 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,001 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

1,001
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
0
EPA violations (this PWS) Lower third of systems
0
Health-based (this PWS) No violations on record
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr standing, low SDWIS violation third

0 EPA SDWIS violations on record - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Population rank #19,425 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr is in the lower third by violation count (0; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is mid-pack at 1,001 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). No violations are on record in this extract. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#19,425 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#207 of 437
Population · MD
0
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.

A+
Water Safety Score
90/100
Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+
0
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations A+
0
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
State
Connections
1
County
Baltimore
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
0
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr has 0 recorded EPA violations, 0% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 96% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 0), and it ranks #19,425 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)

0 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 96% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr-0, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

SDWIS compliance record for Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr

0 violations on record for MD1031226; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

EPA SDWIS · PWS MD1031226

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

0 violations · 1,001 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Gunpowder Falls St Pk Sparks Nature Ctr

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
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