Is Bryans Road, MD tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Bryans Road has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Maryland’s records.
Bryans Road, 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.
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 Bryans Road’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Bryans Road
Maryland · serves 6,260 people · about 2,900 in Bryans Road
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of Indian Head
Maryland · serves 4,100 people · about 660 in Bryans Road
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.59 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Town of la Plata
Maryland · serves 11,535 people · about 560 in Bryans Road
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Naval Support Facility, Indian Head
Maryland · serves 3,321 people · about 110 in Bryans Road
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Bryans Road
The 3 labs Maryland certifies closest to Bryans Road, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Mattawoman Water Quality Lab
La Plata, MD · about 6 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Home Land Labs - Waldorf
Waldorf, MD · about 11 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate
Water Testing Labs - Burke
Burke, VA · about 16 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 Bryans Road: 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 Bryans Road
Other towns in Charles County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Bryans Road’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