St. Martins By The Bay, 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.
St. Martins By The Bay at a glance
St. Martins By The Bay serves about 120 people through 49 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Worcester County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0230008. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
St. Martins By The Bay's lead record
That is down 2.4 ppb from 2.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St. Martins By The Bay is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 2.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How St. Martins By The Bay 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. St. Martins By The Bay's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Maryland and the 11th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Worcester County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than St. Martins By The Bay. 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 |
| Nantucket Point(Distribution-Delaware) | 500 | 2 ppb |
| Newark | 325 | 2.05 ppb |
| Briddletown Distribution System | 150 | - |
Next steps for Berlin, MD
Look up your address in St. Martins By The Bay'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 St. Martins By The Bay 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.