City Of Pocomoke City, MD
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
City Of Pocomoke City at a glance
City Of Pocomoke City serves about 4,100 people through 1,800 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 Worcester County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0230006. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
City Of Pocomoke City's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Pocomoke City is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
How City Of Pocomoke City 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. City Of Pocomoke City's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 45th percentile in Maryland and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Worcester County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Pocomoke City. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Ocean City | 30,000 | 2.8 ppb |
| Ocean Pines | 11,890 | 3.3 ppb |
| Mystic Harbour | 5,945 | 2.3 ppb |
| Town Of Berlin | 4,500 | 4.6 ppb |
| Town Of Snow Hill | 2,409 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riddle Farm | 500 | 1.45 ppb |
| Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware) | 500 | 2 ppb |
| Newark | 325 | 2.05 ppb |
| Briddletown Distribution System | 150 | - |
| Riverview Mobile Home Park | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Maryland
Look up your address in City Of Pocomoke City'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 City Of Pocomoke City 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.