Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility, MD
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 13.3 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. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
About Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility
Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility serves about 500 people through 250 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Cecil County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0070008; phone on file: 410-275-1183. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility's lead record
That is up 5.5 ppb from 7.8 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility is 13.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 7.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
Against other Maryland systems
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. Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility's 13.3 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Maryland and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cecil County
31 other systems share Cecil County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Elkton | 15,625 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of North East | 8,600 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Perryville | 4,413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Charlestown | 3,791 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Rising Sun | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Perry Point V.A. Medical Center | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town & Country Mobile Home Park | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Chesapeake City [Formerly South] | 673 | - |
| Town Of Cecilton | 477 | 16 ppb |
| Misty Meadows 1 / Highland Hills M.H.P. | 460 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Timonium, MD
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Timonium, 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 Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.