Public water system · MD1131090
ActiveHighs West Friendship
At a glance
Highs West Friendship (PWSID MD1131090) is an active transient non-community water system in Howard County, Maryland. It reports serving 105 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
105
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Highs West Friendship compare with other water systems in Howard County?
By EPA's size categories, Highs West Friendship is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Howard County has 87 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 3,556 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 309,341 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Maryland, the 2,992 active systems average 1,947 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Highs West Friendship is about 27% below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Maryland has 2,079 active transient non-community water systems, 69% of the state's 2,992 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 2,870 Maryland systems (96%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Highs West Friendship?
EPA lists Highs West Friendship as privately owned. The MD state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 62 of the 87 active systems in Howard County (71%) are also privately owned.
Does Highs West Friendship have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as archived. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
The one violation in EPA's records.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Highs West Friendship: frequently asked questions
Who runs Highs West Friendship?
Highs West Friendship (PWSID MD1131090) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MD state drinking water program.
How many people does Highs West Friendship serve?
Highs West Friendship reports serving 105 people through 1 service connection in Howard County, Maryland.
Where does Highs West Friendship get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Highs West Friendship have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Highs West Friendship's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MD state drinking water program.
Where can I find Highs West Friendship's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Highs West Friendship is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Howard County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard County D.P.W. Distribution | Howard | 286,158 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Glenelg High School | Howard | 1,532 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Bushy Park Es/Glenwood Ms Complex | Howard | 1,500 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Highs of Cooksville | Howard | 1,321 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Royal Farms Store | Howard | 1,015 | Transient non-community | Groundwater |
| Glenelg Country School | Howard | 950 | Non-transient non-community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Highs West Friendship, PWSID MD1131090, Maryland”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maryland/highs-west-friendship-md1131090 (data as of October 1, 2026).