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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MD1031312

St Pauls Lutheran Church and School

Operator location Joppa, Maryland - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 150 people served; 99 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

150
People served (this PWS)
99
EPA violations (this PWS)
12
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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St Pauls Lutheran Church and School standing, high SDWIS violation third

150 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

St Pauls Lutheran Church and School 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 smaller (150; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

99
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
150
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
1
County
Baltimore
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
85
Treatment Tech Violations
9

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MR 19 2024
Lead and Copper Rule MR 17 2022
Lead and Copper Rule TT 8 2018
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 6 2023
Barium MR 4 2020
Chromium MR 4 2020
Mercury MR 4 2020
Antimony, Total MR 4 2020
Selenium MR 4 2020
Arsenic MR 4 2020
Thallium, Total MR 4 2020
Nickel MR 4 2020
Beryllium, Total MR 4 2020
Cadmium MR 4 2020
Coliform (TCR) MR 3 2011
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 2012
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 1 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

St Pauls Lutheran Church and School has 99 recorded EPA violations, 73% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 27% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (12 of 99), 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)

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

Population served record for St Pauls Lutheran Church and School

EPA SDWIS lists 150 people served and 1 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 · 150 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 St Pauls Lutheran Church and School

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