Is City of Brunswick Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	2010-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-09-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-09-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-09-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-09-01 → 2022-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2010-01-01 → 2010-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-12-31

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	115.964 µg/L 145% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 178.23 µg/L	80/80	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	90.5943 µg/L 151% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 144.5 µg/L	76/80	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	103.11 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 144.7 µg/L	61/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	22.009 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.24 µg/L	58/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	13.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14 µg/L	55/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	49.0295 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 78 µg/L	42/46	SYR4	2012–2015
Trichloroacetic Acid	47.1875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 61.4 µg/L	38/46	SYR4	2012–2015
Nitrate	1370 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1400 µg/L	24/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	6.926 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.04 µg/L	20/46	SYR4	2012–2015
Bromoform	1.9165 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.01 µg/L	18/60	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	52.93 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 53 µg/L	15/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.464 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.66 µg/L	8/46	SYR4	2012–2015
Nitrate-Nitrite	1182 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 1220 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2015–2017
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.4945 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.51 µg/L	2/46	SYR4	2012–2015
Atrazine	0.2800 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 3 µg/L	1/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Simazine	0.2300 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	1/25	SYR4	2012–2019

86 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 TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: CAMPBELL, MATTHEW
Phone: 301-834-7671
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about City of Brunswick

Is City of Brunswick tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 17 contaminants in City of Brunswick'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 City of Brunswick's water?

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

How many people does City of Brunswick serve?

City of Brunswick reports serving 7,312 people in Maryland, per its EPA record.

Has City of Brunswick had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 14 violations on file for City of Brunswick, of which 1 is 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.