Public water system · MD1181121
ActiveMurphys Town and Country
At a glance
Murphys Town and Country (PWSID MD1181121) is an active transient non-community water system in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It reports serving 33 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
33
Service connections
1
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Murphys Town and Country compare with other water systems in St. Mary's County?
By EPA's size categories, Murphys Town and Country is a very small system (500 people or fewer). St. Mary's County has 194 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 642 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 124,635 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 Murphys Town and Country is well 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 Murphys Town and Country?
EPA lists Murphys Town and Country 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. 137 of the 194 active systems in St. Mary's County (71%) are also privately owned.
Does Murphys Town and Country 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.
Murphys Town and Country: frequently asked questions
Who runs Murphys Town and Country?
Murphys Town and Country (PWSID MD1181121) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MD state drinking water program.
How many people does Murphys Town and Country serve?
Murphys Town and Country reports serving 33 people through 1 service connection in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
Where does Murphys Town and Country 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 Murphys Town and Country 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 Murphys Town and Country'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 Murphys Town and Country's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Murphys Town and Country 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 St. Mary's County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Park | St. Mary's | 43,030 | Community | Groundwater |
| Patuxent Naval Air Station (Navfac-Wash) | St. Mary's | 22,000 | Community | Groundwater |
| Town of Leonardtown | St. Mary's | 5,000 | Community | Groundwater |
| Country Lakes | St. Mary's | 3,016 | Community | Groundwater |
| Cedar Cove | St. Mary's | 2,728 | Community | Groundwater |
| Saint Marys College | St. Mary's | 2,200 | 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, “Murphys Town and Country, PWSID MD1181121, Maryland”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maryland/murphys-town-and-country-md1181121 (data as of October 1, 2026).