Maryland · ZIP 21901-0528 · EPA MD0070016

Is this in North East's water?

Town of North East · serves 8,600 people · surface water · 2,709 connections
23
violations on the federal EPA record
14
health-based — a protective limit exceeded
8,600
people drink this water every day

This system has 14 health-based violations on the EPA record — involving Ground Water Rule, Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Lead & Copper Rule. 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Total trihalomethanes are cancer-linked byproducts formed when chlorine disinfects water; federal rules cap them and require regular testing.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules

The federal record.

RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2003

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 responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2023

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2024

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

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM): Total trihalomethanes are cancer-linked byproducts formed when chlorine disinfects water; federal rules cap them and require regular testing.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitTotal Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2024

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

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM): Total trihalomethanes are cancer-linked byproducts formed when chlorine disinfects water; federal rules cap them and require regular testing.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2024

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHtreatment-technique violation2024

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

Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2007

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 responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHtreatment-technique violation2025

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

Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2025

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2025

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2025

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
RECORDlate or missing reportGround Water Rule2025

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 responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
HEALTHexceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2026

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

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): Haloacetic acids are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine treats water; five are federally capped as a group.

Read the rule → EPA · Disinfection Byproducts Rules
Who is responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
RECORDother violationSurface Water Treatment2010

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 responsibleTown of North East · attn Cook-Mackenzie, Melissa · 410-287-5801 — the utility is required to answer questions about its record. Ask them about it.Their office: PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, North East ↗
+ 9 more on the federal record

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), system MD0070016. “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

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