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Jds Smokehouse North

At a glance

Jds Smokehouse North (PWSID MD1121071) is an active transient non-community water system in Harford County, Maryland. It reports serving 214 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

214

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMD1121071

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served214

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMD state drinking water program

City served—

StateMaryland

ZIP—

CountyHarford County

How does Jds Smokehouse North compare with other water systems in Harford County?

By EPA's size categories, Jds Smokehouse North is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Harford County has 226 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 956 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 215,993 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 Jds Smokehouse North is about 49% above 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 Jds Smokehouse North?

EPA lists Jds Smokehouse North 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. 176 of the 226 active systems in Harford County (78%) are also privately owned.

Does Jds Smokehouse North have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between October 1992 and October 2025. By type: 7 monitoring, 2 monitoring and reporting and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 9 as archived and 2 as resolved. 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. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2024-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2014-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1993-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1992-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived

All 11 violations in EPA's records, newest first.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.

Jds Smokehouse North: frequently asked questions

Who runs Jds Smokehouse North?

Jds Smokehouse North (PWSID MD1121071) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MD state drinking water program.

How many people does Jds Smokehouse North serve?

Jds Smokehouse North reports serving 214 people through 1 service connection in Harford County, Maryland.

Where does Jds Smokehouse North 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 Jds Smokehouse North have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. 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 Jds Smokehouse North'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 11 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Jds Smokehouse North's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Jds Smokehouse North 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 Harford County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Harford County D.P.W.	Harford	104,567	Community	Surface water
City of Aberdeen	Harford	18,006	Community	Purchased surface water
Chapel Hill - Aberdeen Proving Grounds	Harford	15,000	Community	Groundwater
City of Havre De Grace	Harford	14,000	Community	Surface water
Maryland American Water Company	Harford	13,200	Community	Surface water
Harford Community College - Main Campus	Harford	2,500	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, “Jds Smokehouse North, PWSID MD1121071, Maryland”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maryland/jds-smokehouse-north-md1121071 (data as of October 1, 2026).