Maryland · ZIP 21811 · EPA MD0230008

Is this in Berlin's water?

St. Martins By The Bay · serves 120 people · groundwater · 49 connections
6
violations on the federal EPA record
1
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
120
people drink this water every day

This system has 1 health-based violation on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, Lead & Copper Rule, Surface Water Treatment. A limit meant to protect health, exceeded.

Ground Water Rule

The Ground Water Rule protects wells and aquifer-fed systems from fecal contamination through source-water monitoring and fixes.

Read the rule → EPA · Ground Water Rule
Lead & Copper Rule

The Lead & Copper Rule requires utilities to test water at customer taps for lead and copper — metals that enter water from pipes and plumbing, not the source. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Surface Water Treatment

The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules

The federal record.

RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2002

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleSt. Martins By The Bay · attn Partridge, Lynne — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: St. Martin's By the Bay Homeowners Assoc, Berlin ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2010

The utility didn't complete required testing or paperwork on time. The water wasn't necessarily bad — but what isn't measured can't be caught.

Lead & Copper Rule: The Lead & Copper Rule requires utilities to test water at customer taps for lead and copper — metals that enter water from pipes and plumbing, not the source. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Who is responsibleSt. Martins By The Bay · attn Partridge, Lynne — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: St. Martin's By the Bay Homeowners Assoc, Berlin ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2014

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Surface Water Treatment: The Surface Water Treatment Rules require utilities using surface water (or groundwater under its influence) to filter and disinfect against microbes like Giardia, Legionella and viruses.

Read the rule → EPA · Surface Water Treatment Rules
Who is responsibleSt. Martins By The Bay · attn Partridge, Lynne — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: St. Martin's By the Bay Homeowners Assoc, Berlin ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2023

The utility didn't complete required testing or paperwork on time. The water wasn't necessarily bad — but what isn't measured can't be caught.

Lead & Copper Rule: The Lead & Copper Rule requires utilities to test water at customer taps for lead and copper — metals that enter water from pipes and plumbing, not the source. Lead harms brain development in children; no level is considered safe.

Read the rule → EPA · Lead & Copper Rule
Who is responsibleSt. Martins By The Bay · attn Partridge, Lynne — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: St. Martin's By the Bay Homeowners Assoc, Berlin ↗
HEALTHtreatment-technique violationGround Water Rule2024

The utility failed to carry out a treatment process the rule requires — the safeguard itself wasn't run properly.

Ground Water Rule: The Ground Water Rule protects wells and aquifer-fed systems from fecal contamination through source-water monitoring and fixes.

Read the rule → EPA · Ground Water Rule
Who is responsibleSt. Martins By The Bay · attn Partridge, Lynne — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: St. Martin's By the Bay Homeowners Assoc, Berlin ↗
RECORDlate or missing reportGround Water Rule2024

A required report to regulators or the public was late or missing.

Ground Water Rule: The Ground Water Rule protects wells and aquifer-fed systems from fecal contamination through source-water monitoring and fixes.

Read the rule → EPA · Ground Water Rule
Who is responsibleSt. Martins By The Bay · attn Partridge, Lynne — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: St. Martin's By the Bay Homeowners Assoc, Berlin ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0230008. “Compliant” means clearing federal limits — many unchanged for ~20 years. Health guidelines from independent scientists are often stricter. Results vary by home, plumbing and date.

Fix it, honestly.

Dissolved metals · nitrate

Reverse osmosis

NSF-58 certified under-sink RO — the only tech that broadly removes dissolved contaminants at the tap.

Chlorine · taste · odor

Catalytic carbon

NSF-42 whole-house carbon cuts chlorine, chloramine and the pool-water taste.

First step

Filter bottle

Certified grab-and-go protection while you decide on the whole-home fix.