Town Of Berlin, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4.6 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Town Of Berlin
Town Of Berlin serves about 4,500 people through 1,959 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized 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: MD0230001; phone on file: 410-641-3845. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (5.5 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Berlin is 6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 ppb |
| 2021 | 5.5 ppb |
| 2018 | 6 ppb |
How Town Of Berlin 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. Town Of Berlin's 4.6 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Maryland and the 90th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Worcester County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Berlin. 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 |
| 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 | - |
| Riverview Mobile Home Park | 150 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Berlin, MD
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 Town Of Berlin 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.