Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MD1080038
College of Southern MD - Main Campus
Operator location La Plata, Maryland - 5% of 56 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 1,220 served per SDWIS.
- 1,220
- People served (this PWS)
- 56
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
College of Southern MD - Main Campus standing, mid SDWIS violation third
5% of 56 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,664 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
College of Southern MD - Main Campus lands in the middle third by violation volume (56), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,220 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,664 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #165 of 437
- Population · MD
- 56
- Total EPA violations on record
- 5%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
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
- Local
- Connections
- 13
- County
- Charles
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 52
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2022 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Asbestos | MR | 5 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 2 | 1994 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
College of Southern MD - Main Campus has 56 recorded EPA violations, 60% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 56), and it ranks #17,664 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)
56 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on College of Southern MD - Main Campus
3 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for MD1080038.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
56 violations · 1,220 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with College of Southern MD - Main Campus
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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