Freedom District, MD
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2018-2020). 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.
Freedom District at a glance
Freedom District serves about 24,867 people through 8,458 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 surface water, in Carroll County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0060002; phone on file: 410-386-2164. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Freedom District's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from -2 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Freedom District is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Freedom District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 49th percentile in Maryland and the 39th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Carroll County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Freedom District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Westminster | 35,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Mount Airy | 9,890 | 1.4 ppb |
| City Of Taneytown | 6,750 | 3 ppb |
| Town Of Hampstead | 6,600 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Manchester | 4,954 | 1.16 ppb |
| Wakefield Valley | 2,436 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of New Windsor | 1,732 | 2.8 ppb |
| Springfield Hospital Distribution | 1,500 | - |
| Town Of Union Bridge | 997 | 4 ppb |
| Gaither Manor Apartments | 450 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Freedom District'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 Freedom District 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.