Is Town of Elkton Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Cecil

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-12-01 → 2025-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-12-01 → 2025-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-12-01 → 2025-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-12-01 → 2025-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2025-11-01 → 2025-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-08-01 → 2025-08-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-08-01 → 2025-08-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfhxa	0.0128 µg/L	9/11	2025
Pfpea	0.0144 µg/L	9/11	2025
PFOA	0.0233 µg/L	8/11	2025
Pfba	0.0086 µg/L	6/11	2025
PFBS	0.0123 µg/L	6/11	2025
Pfhpa	0.0065 µg/L	5/11	2025
PFOS	0.0071 µg/L	4/11	2025
PFHXS	0.0044 µg/L	3/11	2025

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
TTHM	63.475 µg/L 79% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 89.8 µg/L	106/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	52.075 µg/L 87% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 60.9 µg/L	106/106	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	4400 µg/L 44% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4500 µg/L	52/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13.6 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.4 µg/L	41/47	SYR4	2012–2015
Chloroform	48.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 58.7 µg/L	41/47	SYR4	2012–2015
Dibromochloromethane	2.865 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	40/47	SYR4	2012–2015
Dichloroacetic Acid	24.32 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.8 µg/L	37/37	SYR4	2012–2014
Trichloroacetic Acid	18.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.3 µg/L	36/37	SYR4	2012–2014
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
Barium	154 µg/L 7.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 160 µg/L	13/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	10.56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.8 µg/L	7/37	SYR4	2012–2014
Nitrate-Nitrite	4094 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4130 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2016–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	4.02 pCi/L 80% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.1 pCi/L	5/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	9.1 pCi/L 61% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 9.4 pCi/L	5/6	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	4.79 µg/L 4.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 5 µg/L	4/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	8.04 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.4 pCi/L	4/5	SYR4	2013–2016
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	3/37	SYR4	2012–2014
Dalapon	57.9805 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 60.2 µg/L	2/10	SYR4	2012–2017
Mercury	0.4000 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	2/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.395 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	2/37	SYR4	2012–2014
Atrazine	0.7700 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/21	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromoform	0.9500 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/48	SYR4	2012–2015

75 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpsPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GEORGE, LEWIS
Phone: 410-398-0970
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Town of Elkton

Is Town of Elkton tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 30 contaminants in Town of Elkton's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Town of Elkton's water?

EPA monitoring detected TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Nitrate, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Town of Elkton serve?

Town of Elkton reports serving 15,625 people in Maryland, per its EPA record.

Has Town of Elkton had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 30 violations on file for Town of Elkton, of which 8 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.