Town Of Cecilton, MD
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 16 ppb (monitoring period 2018-2020). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
About Town Of Cecilton
Town Of Cecilton serves about 477 people through 291 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 Cecil County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0070004; phone on file: 410-275-2692. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Cecilton's lead record
That is up 12 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2017. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Cecilton is 16 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
Against other Maryland systems
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 Cecilton's 16 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Maryland and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Cecil County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Cecilton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Elkton | 15,625 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of North East | 8,600 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Perryville | 4,413 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Charlestown | 3,791 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Rising Sun | 2,200 | 0 (not detected) |
| Perry Point V.A. Medical Center | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town & Country Mobile Home Park | 950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Chesapeake City [Formerly South] | 673 | - |
| Crystal Beach Manor/T&C Utility | 500 | 13.3 ppb |
| Misty Meadows 1 / Highland Hills M.H.P. | 460 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Cecilton, MD
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Town Of Cecilton 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.