City Of Fruitland, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.8 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
City Of Fruitland serves about 5,907 people through 2,362 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Wicomico County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0220008; phone on file: 410-548-2806. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 4.6 ppb from 1.2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Fruitland is 5.8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | -5 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. City Of Fruitland's 5.8 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Maryland and the 93rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Wicomico County
21 other systems share Wicomico County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Fruitland. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Salisbury | 30,343 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Delmar | 4,500 | 1.8 ppb |
| Town Of Pittsville | 1,500 | 3.7 ppb |
| Town Of Hebron | 1,022 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Willards | 1,021 | 2.9 ppb |
| Town Of Sharptown | 625 | 0 (not detected) |
| Steeplechase Waterworks | 395 | 18.3 ppb |
| Westside Mobile Home Park | 300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cedarhurst Mobile Home Park | 220 | 3.9 ppb |
| Naylor Mill Village Mobile Home Park | 180 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fruitland, 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 City Of Fruitland 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.