Is Gambrills, MD tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Gambrills has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Maryland’s records.
Glen Burnie - Broadneck, 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 Gambrills’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Glen Burnie - Broadneck
Maryland · serves 290,606 people · about 9,000 in Gambrills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Crofton - Odenton
Maryland · serves 62,986 people · about 2,000 in Gambrills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Maryland American Water - - Severn System
Maryland · serves 5,447 people · about 920 in Gambrills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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MD American Water Provinces
Maryland · serves 3,886 people · about 880 in Gambrills
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Gambrills
The 3 labs Maryland certifies closest to Gambrills, 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 8 miles
Certified for bacteria
Home Land Labs - Annapolis
Annapolis, MD · about 9 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Testing Labs of MD - Annapolis
Annapolis, MD · about 9 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 Gambrills: 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 Gambrills
Other towns in Anne Arundel County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Glen Burnie - Broadneck’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