Dove Estates, 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.
About Dove Estates
Dove Estates serves about 111 people through 38 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sussex County, Maryland. EPA system ID: DE0000112; phone on file: 410-310-3393. 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 down 3.6 ppb from 3.6 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dove Estates is 3.6 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2017 | 0.8 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. Dove Estates's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 12th percentile in Maryland and the 10th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Sussex County
5 other systems share Sussex County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dove Estates. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Delmar Utility Comm (Tn Of Delmar) | 2,027 | 2 ppb |
| Swann Keys | 1,764 | 6.2 ppb |
| Enchanted Acres Mhc Llc | 225 | 0 (not detected) |
| Holly Oak Mobile Home Park | 210 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crosswinds Mhp, Llc | 210 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Dove Estates'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 Dove Estates 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.