Town Of Charlestown, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Town Of Charlestown
Town Of Charlestown serves about 3,791 people through 770 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 Cecil County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0070029; phone on file: 410-845-3800. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Charlestown is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | -1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Charlestown's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Maryland and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Cecil County
31 other systems share Cecil County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Charlestown. 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 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 |
| Town Of Cecilton | 477 | 16 ppb |
| Misty Meadows 1 / Highland Hills M.H.P. | 460 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Willards, 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 Charlestown 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.