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Is Hampton, MD tap water safe?

City of Baltimore serves Hampton, 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 Hampton. 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 Hampton

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

  • Caliber Analytical Services, LLC

    Towson, MD · about 1 mile

    Certified for lead and copper, metals, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (410) 220-5212

  • Home Land Labs - Towson

    Towson, MD · about 3 miles

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

    (443) 969-1649

  • Montebello Water Quality Laboratory

    Baltimore, MD · about 6 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (410) 396-6040

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 Hampton

Which ZIP codes are in Hampton: 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 Hampton

Other towns in Baltimore County with a page of their own.

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