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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS MD1090001

Bloch & Guggenheimer Co.

Operator location Hurlock, Maryland - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 250 people served; 181 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

250
People served (this PWS)
181
EPA violations (this PWS)
29
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Bloch & Guggenheimer Co. standing, high SDWIS violation third

250 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Bloch & Guggenheimer Co. sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (181), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (250; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

181
Total EPA violations on record
16%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
250
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
Dorchester
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
12
Monitoring Violations
145
Treatment Tech Violations
17

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 42 2023
Coliform (TCR) MR 16 2009
Lead and Copper Rule TT 16 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 12 2012
Carbon tetrachloride MR 4 1999
Trichloroethylene MR 4 1999
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 4 1999
CHLOROBENZENE MR 4 1999
Benzene MR 4 1999
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 4 1999
Toluene MR 4 1999
Ethylbenzene MR 4 1999
Styrene MR 4 1999
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1999
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 4 1999
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 1999
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 4 1999
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1999
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 4 1999
Tetrachloroethylene MR 4 1999
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 4 1999
Xylenes, Total MR 4 1999
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 4 1999
Vinyl chloride MR 4 1999
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 4 1999
Nitrate MR 2 1996
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 1 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 1 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Bloch & Guggenheimer Co. has 181 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (29 of 181), 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)

181 Higher than most more violations than 84% 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 Bloch & Guggenheimer Co.

EPA SDWIS lists 250 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

181 violations · 250 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Bloch & Guggenheimer Co.

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