Tapestry North, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Tapestry North serves about 60 people through 23 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Calvert County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0040205; phone on file: 667-404-0708. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Tapestry North is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How Tapestry North 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. Tapestry North's 4 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Maryland and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
28 other systems share Calvert County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Tapestry North. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | 9,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Chesapeake Beach | 5,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Prince Frederick | 4,371 | 0 (not detected) |
| Solomons | 3,811 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of North Beach | 3,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beaches Water Co-Operative | 2,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Scientists Cliffs | 1,425 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chesapeake Heights (Bayside Forest) | 1,190 | 3 ppb |
| Summit/Highlands | 1,108 | 0 (not detected) |
| The Calverton School | 461 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Prince Frederick, 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 Tapestry North 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.