Garrett County Water

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The Environmental Health Office is responsible for testing the water and issuing Certificates of Potability on all new wells drilled in the county for the purpose of human consumption. Environmental Health also handles the request for water testing of residential wells to ensure the public has safe drinking water. This office routinely tests food establishments, campgrounds, mobile home parks, and Transient Non-Community (TNC) systems on a private water supply. In addition to water sampling and testing, Environmental Health performs routine inspections of licensed well drillers and Transient Non-Community water systems. 

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Health Improvement Strategy

Garrett County Water

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Goal:

To issue Certificates of Portability to new wells as required by COMAR.

Strategy Description:

Once a new well is drilled, water testing will be completed to determine if the water meets potability standards set in COMAR. If certain parameters are not met, the appropriate action will be enforced to ensure potable drinking water.

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Social Determinants of Health

Data Category Tag:

GCHD Environmental Health

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Last Modification

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Contributing Community Participants

Shelley Argabrite, John Corbin, Kristina DeWitt, Bryce Manges, Craig Umbel, Melinda Smith,

Measurements Target Goal Status Desired Trend Contributor January 2017 February 2017 March 2017 April 2017 May 2017 June 2017 July 2017 August 2017 September 2017 October 2017 November 2017 December 2017 January 2018 February 2018 March 2018 April 2018 May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 August 2018 September 2018 October 2018 November 2018 December 2018 January 2019 February 2019 March 2019 April 2019 May 2019 June 2019 July 2019 August 2019 September 2019 October 2019 November 2019 December 2019 January 2020 February 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020 January 2021 February 2021 March 2021 April 2021 May 2021 June 2021 July 2021 August 2021 September 2021 October 2021 November 2021 December 2021 January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 April 2022 May 2022 June 2022 July 2022 August 2022 September 2022 October 2022 November 2022 December 2022 January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024
Quarterly TNC Bacteria tests (quarterly total) 37 Active 63 44 33 44 66 31 21 31 32 32 46 53 49 79 85 30 45 51 13 28 34 11 16 48 47 74 96 10 29 29 15 36 45 21 35 51 17 54 68 21 44 57 14 25 37 23 33 49 20 21 14 7 12 15 15 6 8 25 10 5
Annual & Bi-annual TNC Bacteria tests (total for calendar year) 2 Active 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 5 4 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 4 6 14 18 22 27 32 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 3 12 15 24 27 27 27 27 0 0 3 7 12 15 19 24 29 29 29 29 0 0 3 5 11 14 3 4 2 0 3 6 4 5 2 7 4 1
Annual TNC Nitrate tests (monthly total) 4 Active 2 6 3 0 0 0 5 14 9 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 20 33 36 39 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 13 28 33 33 33 38 40 41 41 41 41 41 15 39 47 47 48 48 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 11 15 3 5
Annual Food Service Bacteria tests (monthly total) 5 Active 0 3 3 0 0 1 11 16 8 2 1 3 5 1 6 3 1 2 5 28 35 35 37 37 46 47 49 55 60 63 1 1 2 2 4 18 29 33 41 50 50 50 0 1 19 23 26 29 0 0 12 16 0 0 0 9 15 4 5 1 4 2 4 4 6 0 0 5 7 4 14 2 2 7
Campground & MHP Bacteria test (monthly total) 2 Active 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 7 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 16 25 29 42 47 50 50 57 59 0 0 0 1 2 7 11 19 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1
Residential Water request ea. month (# of stops) Active 54 65 38 51 30 21 42 38 18 41 72 54 86 57 56 87 47 27 43 47 31 40 48 41 66 42 38 67 58 33 32 33 13 7 23 71 140 189 256 291 318 348 28 49 101 150 182 244 53 59 55 46 50 26 24 33 29 27 37 42 32 55 48 61 23 39 34 17 36 37 32 38 39 67
Certificates of Potability Issued (total ea month) Active 2 5 5 3 1 4 6 5 10 4 15 3 10 4 5 4 0 3 6 11 12 17 24 28 36 39 44 46 57 6 9 14 17 18 21 27 35 47 50 54 62 4 9 14 19 23 32 6 3 5 7 5 5 9 5 9 0 8 8 4 4 8 7 9 4 8 2 2 14 11 8 5 6
Well Construction Inspections 2 Active 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
TNC System Inspections (monthly total) 2 Active 1 3 0 0 5 5 0 0 3 1 0 0 8 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 9 9 9 0 1 3 3 3 3 3 17 23 24 24 24 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 8 0 0 0 0

Data Narrative

Despite the variations in data, the Environmental Health office has consistently met it's quarterly and annual requirements for the Transient Non-Community (TNC) program as determined by the State.  

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