Maryland · ZIP 20883 · EPA MI0040494

Is this in Gaithersburg's water?

Phelps Mobile Home Villa · serves 98 people · groundwater · 52 connections
6
violations on the federal EPA record
3
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
98
people drink this water every day

This system has 3 health-based violations on the EPA record — involving Surface Water Treatment. A limit meant to protect health, exceeded.

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 Treatment2020

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 responsiblePhelps Mobile Home Villa · attn Zief, Yaniv · 240-630-2734 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Find their office on Maps ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limit2023

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

Who is responsiblePhelps Mobile Home Villa · attn Zief, Yaniv · 240-630-2734 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Find their office on Maps ↗
RECORDother violation2023

A violation on the federal record outside the standard categories.

Who is responsiblePhelps Mobile Home Villa · attn Zief, Yaniv · 240-630-2734 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Find their office on Maps ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limit2023

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

Who is responsiblePhelps Mobile Home Villa · attn Zief, Yaniv · 240-630-2734 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Find their office on Maps ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limit2024

The water tested above a federal legal limit for this contaminant — the line the law itself draws.

Who is responsiblePhelps Mobile Home Villa · attn Zief, Yaniv · 240-630-2734 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Find their office on Maps ↗
RECORDmissed required testing or reporting2024

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.

Who is responsiblePhelps Mobile Home Villa · attn Zief, Yaniv · 240-630-2734 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Find their office on Maps ↗

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MI0040494. “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.

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Dissolved metals · nitrate

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Chlorine · taste · odor

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