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Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violations in Maryland

58 active public water systems in Maryland had a Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violation in the past three years, 56 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) is and why it matters.

Health effects: Lead: no safe level for children. Causes irreversible neurological damage, impaired cognitive development, behavioral problems, and reduced IQ in children under 6. In adults: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage. Copper: acute gastrointestinal distress at high levels; liver/kidney damage at very high chronic levels.

Systems with a Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Our House Job Training Center for Youth
Montgomery County
30 5 1
Graymount Apartments
Cecil County
27 4 1
Taylors Mobile Home Park
Caroline County
27 6 1
Dunkirk Safeway Store #1129
Calvert County
25 3 1
Southern MD Criminal Justice Academy
Charles County
25 1 1
West Ocean City Business Park
Worcester County
25 4 2
Wicomico Day School
Wicomico County
300 2 0
Ocean Downs, LLC
Worcester County
235 2 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The Maryland records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.