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Is Eldersburg, MD tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Eldersburg, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Maryland’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Eldersburg has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Maryland’s records: Freedom District.

Freedom District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 4.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Eldersburg’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Eldersburg

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Maryland certifies.

The 3 labs Maryland certifies closest to Eldersburg, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Advanced Environmental Concepts, Inc.

    Sykesville, MD · about 2 miles

    Certified for organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (410) 939-5550

  • Phase Separation Science, Inc.

    Baltimore, MD · about 13 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (410) 747-8770

  • Ashburton Water Quality Laboratory

    Baltimore, MD · about 14 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (410) 396-0150

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 Maryland

ZIP codes in Eldersburg

Which ZIP codes are in Eldersburg: 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 Eldersburg

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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