Town Of Kitzmiller, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 6.6 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.
Town Of Kitzmiller at a glance
Town Of Kitzmiller serves about 370 people through 187 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 Garrett County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0110013; phone on file: 301-334-6976. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 6.6 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Kitzmiller is 6.6 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.6 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 Kitzmiller's 6.6 ppb sits at the 96th percentile in Maryland and the 94th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Garrett County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Town Of Kitzmiller. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek Lake Water Service Area | 5,502 | 6.33 ppb |
| Town Of Mountain Lake Park | 3,000 | 1.65 ppb |
| Town Of Oakland | 1,850 | 1.73 ppb |
| Town Of Grantsville | 885 | 1.76 ppb |
| Town Of Friendsville | 622 | 3.31 ppb |
| Bloomington | 350 | 8.4 ppb |
| Town Of Accident | 300 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Deer Park | 272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Crellin | 230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gorman | 150 | 0.66 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mountain Lake Park, 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 Kitzmiller 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.