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Is Westminster, MD tap water safe?

City of Westminster serves Westminster, 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 Westminster serves Westminster. In EPA’s and Maryland’s records it has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal, and 4 health-based violations since 2016.

The worst: PFOA at 12.4 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 Westminster’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Westminster

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

  • Fountain Valley Analytical Laboratory, Inc.

    Westminster, MD · about 4 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, minerals and other inorganics

    (410) 848-1014

  • Advanced Environmental Concepts, Inc.

    Sykesville, MD · about 14 miles

    Certified for organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (410) 939-5550

  • Laboratory Analytical and Biological Services, Inc. (Labs Inc)

    New Oxford, PA · about 20 miles

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

    (717) 259-6550

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 Westminster

Which ZIP codes are in Westminster: 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 Westminster

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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