# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 4. Drinking Water

#### Section 9-412.1

(a) A person may not tamper, attempt to tamper, or make a threat to tamper with a public water system.

(b)

  (1) The Department may bring a civil action against any person who tampers, attempts to tamper, or makes a threat to tamper with a public water system.

  (2) The court may impose a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for actual tampering, or not more than $20,000 for each attempt to tamper.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)