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Is Riva, MD tap water safe?

Broad Creek serves Riva, 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

Broad Creek serves Riva. In EPA’s and Maryland’s records it has nothing above a health goal, and no health-based violation since 2016.

That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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.

Water testing near Riva

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 Riva, 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 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (410) 224-4304

  • Water Testing Labs of MD - Annapolis

    Annapolis, MD · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (410) 643-7711

  • Chesapeake Environmental Laboratory, Inc.

    Stevensville, MD · about 13 miles

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

    (410) 643-0800

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 Riva

Which ZIP codes are in Riva: 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.

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