Easton Utilities, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.1 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. 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.
Easton Utilities at a glance
Easton Utilities serves about 17,357 people through 7,185 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Talbot County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0200003; phone on file: 410-822-6110. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1.1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Easton Utilities is 2.1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2017 | -5 ppb |
How Easton Utilities 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. Easton Utilities's 2.1 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Maryland and the 74th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Talbot County
7 other systems share Talbot County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Easton Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of St. Michaels | 2,650 | 1.8 ppb |
| Town Of Trappe | 1,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Oxford | 726 | 10.4 ppb |
| Martingham Utilities Cooperative | 675 | 0 (not detected) |
| Claiborne | 60 | 0 (not detected) |
| Golden Acres Mobile Home Park | 48 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swann Haven Mobile Home Park | 44 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Easton, MD
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Easton, 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 Easton Utilities 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.