Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P., MD
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.8 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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P. serves about 118 people through 40 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Dorchester County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0090220; phone on file: 410-896-4061. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 11.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P. is 11.8 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.8 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
How Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P. 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. Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P.'s 11.8 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Maryland and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Dorchester County
9 other systems share Dorchester County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cambridge Water | 15,000 | 4.1 ppb |
| Town Of Hurlock | 2,150 | 6.7 ppb |
| Town Of Vienna | 573 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Secretary | 535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of East New Market | 400 | 1.3 ppb |
| Bonnie Brook | 390 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lodgecliffe Distribution System | 300 | - |
| Reliance Mobile Home Park | 200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Heritage Mobile Home Park | 80 | 0.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Delmar, 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 Dorchester Country Estates M.H.P. 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. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.