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Is Garrison, MD tap water safe?

City of Baltimore serves Garrison, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Maryland’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

City of Baltimore serves Garrison. In EPA’s and Maryland’s records it has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal, and 4 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 62.2 ppb, above the legal limit.

The water from City of Baltimore is moderately hard, typically 94 mg/L (5.5 grains per gallon). How Maryland’s water compares.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Baltimore’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Garrison

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 Garrison, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Ashburton Water Quality Laboratory

    Baltimore, MD · about 5 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (410) 396-0150

  • Home Land Labs - Towson

    Towson, MD · about 7 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (443) 969-1649

  • Phase Separation Science, Inc.

    Baltimore, MD · about 9 miles

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

    (410) 747-8770

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 Garrison

Which ZIP codes are in Garrison: 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 Garrison

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