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Wesley Temple Church

At a glance

Wesley Temple Church (PWSID MD1220028) is an active transient non-community water system in Wicomico County, Maryland. It reports serving 150 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020.

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

Population served

150

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDMD1220028

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served150

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyMD state drinking water program

City served—

StateMaryland

ZIP—

CountyWicomico County

How does Wesley Temple Church compare with other water systems in Wicomico County?

By EPA's size categories, Wesley Temple Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wicomico County has 85 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 650 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 55,242 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 Wesley Temple Church is roughly in line with 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 Wesley Temple Church?

EPA lists Wesley Temple Church 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. 73 of the 85 active systems in Wicomico County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Wesley Temple Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. The violations listed here began between July 1993 and January 2020. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 2 required treatment not met and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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. 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
2020-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2010-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
1996-01-01	Required treatment not metOCCT/SOWT Study/Recommendation · code 57	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	Yes	Archived
1996-01-01	Monitoring and reportingInitial, Follow-up, or Routine Source Water M/R · code 56	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
1996-01-01	Required treatment not metPublic Education · code 65	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	Yes	Resolved
1996-01-01	Monitoring and reportingWater Quality Parameter M/R · code 53	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
1994-01-01	Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
1993-07-01	Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved

All 9 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.

Wesley Temple Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Wesley Temple Church?

Wesley Temple Church (PWSID MD1220028) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the MD state drinking water program.

How many people does Wesley Temple Church serve?

Wesley Temple Church reports serving 150 people through 2 service connections in Wicomico County, Maryland.

Where does Wesley Temple Church 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 Wesley Temple Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 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 Wesley Temple Church'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 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in January 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the MD state drinking water program.

Where can I find Wesley Temple Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Wesley Temple Church 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 Wicomico County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
City of Salisbury	Wicomico	30,343	Community	Groundwater
City of Fruitland	Wicomico	5,907	Community	Groundwater
Town of Delmar	Wicomico	4,500	Community	Groundwater
Town of Pittsville	Wicomico	1,500	Community	Groundwater
Town of Hebron	Wicomico	1,022	Community	Groundwater
Salisbury Christian School	Wicomico	750	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, “Wesley Temple Church, PWSID MD1220028, Maryland”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/maryland/wesley-temple-church-md1220028 (data as of October 1, 2026).