Is Brandywine, MD tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Brandywine has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Maryland’s records.
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Maryland’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
The water from Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 70 to 154 mg/L (4.1 to 9 grains per gallon). How Maryland’s water compares.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Brandywine’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
Maryland · serves 1.9 million people · about 3,000 in Brandywine
Nothing in its records is above a health goal. Hardness: moderately hard to hard depending on the source, 70 to 154 mg/L (4.1 to 9 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Waldorf - Charles County DPW
Maryland · serves 84,296 people · about 960 in Brandywine
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.62 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Brandywine
The 3 labs Maryland certifies closest to Brandywine, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Home Land Labs - Waldorf
Waldorf, MD · about 5 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Mattawoman Water Quality Lab
La Plata, MD · about 12 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
American Water Laboratory - Alexandria
Alexandria, VA · about 17 miles
Certified for bacteria
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 MarylandWhich ZIP codes are in Brandywine: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: MDE, Maryland's certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Brandywine
Other towns in Charles County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- 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
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water