MD American Water Provinces
What EPA’s and Maryland’s records show in this utility’s water: PFAS and lithium; nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.
- Serves
- 3,886 people
- Connections
- 1,478
- Water source
- Groundwater
- Based in
- Belair, MD
- County
- Anne Arundel
- Owner
- Private
The ZIP code it serves
The short answer
Nothing in EPA’s and Maryland’s records for this utility is above a health goal. That covers PFAS and lithium; nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; and lead and copper, not everything. No health-based violations on file since 2016.
What was found
PFAS and lithium: EPA UCMR 5, samples taken from Feb. 5, 2024 to July 17, 2024.
Fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium: Maryland’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 8, 2020 to July 6, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.
PFAS: None of the six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 drinking water rule was found in this utility’s samples. None of the other 23 PFAS tested for was found either.
EPA’s 2024 PFAS rule, compound by compound
| PFAS | EPA’s limit | Result |
|---|---|---|
| PFOA | 4.0 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 2 samples, below 4 ppt |
| PFOS | 4.0 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 2 samples, below 4 ppt |
| PFHxS | 10 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 2 samples, below 3 ppt |
| PFNA | 10 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 2 samples, below 4 ppt |
| HFPO-DA (GenX) | 10 ppt | Not foundNot found in any of 2 samples, below 5 ppt |
| PFBS | Index only | Not foundNot found in any of 2 samples, below 3 ppt |
| Hazard IndexPFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA and PFBS together | 1 | Doesn’t applyDoesn’t apply: no sampling location found two or more of the four |
| Results from EPA’s UCMR 5 sampling. “Below” is the lab’s reporting level: a result under it reads as not found, which is not the same as zero. The limits are EPA’s 2024 rule, with compliance due from 2029; EPA has since proposed changes to some of them, explained on each compound’s page. PFBS has no limit of its own and counts only toward the Hazard Index, which adds up the four, each against EPA’s health-based level, from each sampling location’s average, as EPA’s UCMR 5 summary does. It counts only where two or more of the four were found, and is above the limit from 1.5. | ||
Below EPA’s limits3
Fluoride
Forms or is added in treatment
0.94ppm
Highest yearly average, 2021 to 2025
Averaged by year, the highest was 0.94 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 1.3 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.6 ppm, in 2018.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Fluoride Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Fluoride”
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Forms or is added in treatment
6.8ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026, one sample: 6.4 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 6.8 ppb, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 6.4 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 7.5 ppb, in 2019.
What handles it
- NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
- NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Forms or is added in treatment
1.9ppb
Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026
2026, one sample: 1.6 ppb
Averaged by year, the highest was 1.9 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 2.1 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its one sample was 1.6 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 2.4 ppb, in 2019.
What handles it
No certification claim covers this compound yet.
35 compounds tested and not foundIncluding all six PFAS in EPA’s 2024 rule. Below the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
From routine monitoring
- Arsenic
- Chromium (total)
- Lead
- Nitrate
- Uranium
PFAS and lithium, from EPA’s UCMR 5 sampling
- 11Cl-PF3OUdS
- 4:2 FTS
- 6:2 FTS
- 8:2 FTS
- 9Cl-PF3ONS
- ADONA
- HFPO-DA (GenX)
- Lithium
- NEtFOSAA
- NFDHA
- NMeFOSAA
- PFBA
- PFBS
- PFDA
- PFDoA
- PFEESA
- PFHpA
- PFHpS
- PFHxA
- PFHxS
- PFMBA
- PFMPA
- PFNA
- PFOA
- PFOS
- PFPeA
- PFPeS
- PFTA
- PFTrDA
- PFUnA
Disinfectant
MD American Water Provinces reported disinfecting with chlorine, not chloramine, at its one sampling point, in its 2024 sampling for EPA.
Chlorine leaves water that sits out for a few days, CDC says. A filter certified for it carries a chlorine claim under NSF/ANSI 42; a shower filter, a free chlorine claim under NSF/ANSI 177. This is what the utility reported for that sampling. Its annual water quality report says what it uses now.
Violations since 2016
No health-based violations on file with EPA since 2016.
What this report can’t tell you
Everything else. Fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5), arsenic, chromium (total), nitrate and uranium results here are Maryland’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. MD American Water Provinces’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has the contaminants this page does not show.
Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.
What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.
Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 samples are from Feb. 5, 2024 to July 17, 2024; Maryland’s results run from Jan. 8, 2020 to July 6, 2026.
Testing your own tap
The 3 labs Maryland certifies closest to the area MD American Water Provinces serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
American Water Laboratory - Fort Meade
Laurel, MD · about 7 miles
Certified for bacteria
Howard County Government - Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant
Savage, MD · about 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Maryland Spectral Services, Inc.
Baltimore, MD · about 8 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Maryland Department of Health laboratory: Testing of private well water for bacteria, nitrate, lead, copper, iron, hardness and more, on samples sent in through your local health department. Bacteria is $41, nitrate $18, and lead, copper or iron $20 each. Well Water Testing Fees, Maryland Department of Health.
All 92 certified labs for MarylandSources
- EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- EPA SDWA bulk download (SDWIS federal data), 2026 Q3
- Maryland Department of the Environment, Water Supply Program, results from Jan. 2, 2020 to Oct. 14, 2026, read Oct. 17, 2026
- EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019, file of Feb. 5, 2024
- Disinfectant: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, additional data elements, file of Oct. 15, 2026
- Certified labs: MDE, Maryland's certified drinking water laboratories, read Oct. 10, 2026; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer
- Limits and goals: each contaminant’s page, with its EPA source.
- How this page is built: methodology.
PWSID MD0020029. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.
What to do next
- Nothing here is above a health goalIn EPA’s and Maryland’s records for this utility. They don’t cover everything, which is why the next step matters.Every contaminant TapBuff tracks
- Get the utility’s own reportMD American Water Provinces must send you a water quality report every year. It covers contaminants this page does not show.How to read it
- Test your own tap for leadYour service line, solder and fixtures decide the lead at your faucet, not the utility’s average.Lead in your water: what to do
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded