Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware), MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
About Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware)
Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware) serves about 500 people through 200 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Worcester County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0230020; phone on file: 443-523-6642. 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 Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware) is 2 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware)'s 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Maryland and the 71st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Worcester County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Ocean City | 30,000 | 2.8 ppb |
| Ocean Pines | 11,890 | 3.3 ppb |
| Mystic Harbour | 5,945 | 2.3 ppb |
| Town Of Berlin | 4,500 | 4.6 ppb |
| City Of Pocomoke City | 4,100 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Snow Hill | 2,409 | 0 (not detected) |
| Riddle Farm | 500 | 1.45 ppb |
| Newark | 325 | 2.05 ppb |
| Briddletown Distribution System | 150 | - |
| Riverview Mobile Home Park | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Berlin, 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 Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware) 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.