Cedar Cove, MD
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Cedar Cove at a glance
Cedar Cove serves about 2,728 people through 1,003 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in St. Mary'S County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0180002; phone on file: 240-925-3139. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Cedar Cove's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cedar Cove is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | -2 ppb |
How Cedar Cove compares
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. Cedar Cove's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 43rd percentile in Maryland and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
36 other systems share St. Mary'S County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cedar Cove. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lexington Park | 43,030 | 0 (not detected) |
| Patuxent Naval Air Station (Navfac-Wash) | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Leonardtown | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Country Lakes | 3,016 | 0 (not detected) |
| Saint Marys College | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Wicomico Shores | 1,262 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greenbrier | 1,161 | 0 (not detected) |
| Breton Bay | 1,012 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lord Calvert Trailer Park | 892 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hunting Quarters | 715 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Cedar Cove's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Cedar Cove 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.