Is Naval Academy, MD tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Naval Academy has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Maryland’s records.
U.S. Naval Academy, 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 Naval Academy’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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U.S. Naval Academy
Maryland · serves 8,700 people · about 140 in Naval Academy
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Glen Burnie - Broadneck
Maryland · serves 290,606 people · about 110 in Naval Academy
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Annapolis
Maryland · serves 35,000 people · under 100 in Naval Academy
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.3 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Broad Creek
Maryland · serves 26,033 people · under 100 in Naval Academy
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Naval Academy
The 3 labs Maryland certifies closest to Naval Academy, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Home Land Labs - Annapolis
Annapolis, MD · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria
Water Testing Labs of MD - Annapolis
Annapolis, MD · about 2 miles
Certified for bacteria
Chesapeake Environmental Laboratory, Inc.
Stevensville, MD · about 10 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
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 Naval Academy: 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 Naval Academy
Other towns in Anne Arundel County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read U.S. Naval Academy’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