Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd, 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 Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd
Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd serves about 614 people through 190 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Charles County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0080083; phone on file: 301-609-5611. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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. Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Maryland and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
48 other systems share Charles County; 22 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Waldorf - Charles County Dpw | 84,296 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of La Plata | 11,535 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bryans Road | 6,260 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Indian Head | 4,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Naval Support Facility, Indian Head | 3,321 | 5.7 ppb |
| Potomac Heights | 1,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Swan Point | 945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cliffton On The Potomac | 744 | 0 (not detected) |
| Charles County Gardens Water | 551 | 1.8 ppb |
| Benedict | 376 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for La Plata, MD
Look up your address in Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd'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 Hunters Brooke/Falcon Ridge Subd 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.