Southern Region Allegany Distrib. System, MD
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Who runs the water here
Southern Region Allegany Distrib. System serves about 865 people through 3 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 surface water, in Allegany County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0010045. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Other water systems in Allegany County
16 other systems share Allegany County. 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) |
| Midlothian Water Company | 300 | 3.8 ppb |
| Barrelville | 130 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cumberland, 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 Southern Region Allegany Distrib. System 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.