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Is Salisbury, MD tap water safe?

City of Salisbury serves Salisbury, 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 Salisbury serves Salisbury. In EPA’s and Maryland’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: PFOS at 20 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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 Salisbury’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Salisbury

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

  • Geoscope Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

    Salisbury, MD · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (410) 334-6496

  • Water Testing Labs of MD - Salisbury

    Salisbury, MD · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (410) 546-1318

  • St. Mary's MetCom DW Lab - Lexington Park

    Lexington Park, MD · about 46 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (301) 737-7400

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 Salisbury

Which ZIP codes are in Salisbury: 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 Salisbury

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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