Calvert Beach / Forest Trail, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.4 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Calvert Beach / Forest Trail at a glance
Calvert Beach / Forest Trail serves about 100 people through 38 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Calvert County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0040020; phone on file: 410-353-0383. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (2.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Calvert Beach / Forest Trail is 4.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 437 Maryland systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 3 are over 15 ppb right now and 21 have gone over at some point. Calvert Beach / Forest Trail's 2.4 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Maryland and the 76th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Calvert County
28 other systems share Calvert County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Calvert Beach / Forest Trail. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | 9,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Chesapeake Beach | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prince Frederick | 4,371 | 0 (not detected) |
| Solomons | 3,811 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of North Beach | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaches Water Co-Operative | 2,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Scientists Cliffs | 1,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chesapeake Heights (Bayside Forest) | 1,190 | 3 ppb |
| Summit/Highlands | 1,108 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Calverton School | 461 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Waldorf, MD
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Waldorf, MD may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Calvert Beach / Forest Trail whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.