Glen Burnie-Broadneck, MD
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2016-2018). 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.
Who runs the water here
Glen Burnie-Broadneck serves about 290,606 people through 83,272 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0020017; phone on file: 443-790-5373. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Glen Burnie-Broadneck is 0 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Glen Burnie-Broadneck 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. Glen Burnie-Broadneck's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 51st percentile in Maryland and the 40th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
26 other systems share Anne Arundel County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Glen Burnie-Broadneck. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crofton-Odenton | 62,986 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort George G. Meade | 62,234 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Annapolis | 35,000 | 6.3 ppb |
| Broad Creek | 26,033 | 0 (not detected) |
| U.S. Naval Academy | 8,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maryland American Water--Severn System | 5,447 | 0 (not detected) |
| Md American Water Provinces | 3,886 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lake Village Townhomes | 2,400 | 5.3 ppb |
| Herald Harbor | 2,241 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crownsville Hospital Center | 1,348 | 5.6 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Glen Burnie-Broadneck'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 Glen Burnie-Broadneck 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.