Green Ridge Boys Camp, MD
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2020-2020). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Green Ridge Boys Camp at a glance
Green Ridge Boys Camp serves about 100 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Allegany County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0010212; phone on file: 301-791-4855. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Green Ridge Boys Camp is 26 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 26 ppb over 15 |
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. Green Ridge Boys Camp's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in Maryland and the 9th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
16 other systems share Allegany County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Green Ridge Boys Camp. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Cumberland | 27,039 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Frostburg | 11,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern Region Allegany Distrib. System | 5,703 | - |
| Lavale Sanitary Commission | 5,500 | 1 ppb |
| Midland-Lonaconing | 5,000 | 1 ppb |
| Western Region Allegany Distrib. System | 4,955 | - |
| Md American Water - Pinto | 2,615 | - |
| Town Of Westernport | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southern Region Allegany Distrib. System | 865 | - |
| Midlothian Water Company | 300 | 3.8 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cascade, 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 Green Ridge Boys Camp 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.