Town Of Elkton, MD
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Elkton serves about 15,625 people through 6,692 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Cecil County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0070011; phone on file: 410-398-0970. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Elkton is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Town Of Elkton 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 Elkton's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 48th percentile in Maryland and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
31 other systems share Cecil County; 21 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Elkton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Town Of Cecilton | 477 | 16 ppb |
| Misty Meadows 1 / Highland Hills M.H.P. | 460 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Elkton, MD
Look up your address in Town Of Elkton'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 Town Of Elkton 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.