White Oak Mobile Home Park, MD
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.44 ppb (monitoring period 2017-2019). 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.
Who runs the water here
White Oak Mobile Home Park serves about 32 people through 22 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Garrett County, Maryland. EPA system ID: MD0110225; phone on file: 301-616-6186. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
White Oak Mobile Home Park's lead record
Against the period ending 2016 (1.15 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for White Oak Mobile Home Park is 1.44 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.44 ppb |
| 2016 | 1.15 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. White Oak Mobile Home Park's 1.44 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Maryland and the 63rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share Garrett County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than White Oak Mobile Home Park. 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 |
| Town Of Kitzmiller | 370 | 6.6 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) |
Next steps for Swanton, MD
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Swanton, 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 White Oak Mobile Home Park 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.