Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System, PA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System serves about 320 people through 198 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cecil County, Pennsylvania. EPA system ID: MD0070252; phone on file: 410-287-0700. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System is 1.2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.2 ppb |
Against other Pennsylvania systems
Of the 516 Pennsylvania systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 2 ppb; 143 are over 15 ppb right now and 156 have gone over at some point. Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System's 1.2 ppb sits at the 37th percentile in Pennsylvania and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cecil County
4 other systems share Cecil County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Conowingo Mobile Home Park | 250 | 1.1 ppb |
| Chesapeake Estates Mobile Home Park | 159 | 0 (not detected) |
| Williams Mobile Home Park | 87 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maybelle Manor Mobile Home Park | 50 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Springfield, PA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Springfield, PA 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 Cecil Woods M.H.P. Distribution System 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.