Metals · 2024
Arsenic in Beaches Water, MD tap water
Beaches Water, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Arsenic at or above the federal limit (10 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 1.1× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Highest single sample System-wide | 10.9 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Range System-wide | 4.6–10.9 ug/L | 10 ug/L MCL |
Verbatim from Beaches Water, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Arsenic
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture.
A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
How Beaches Water, MD compares
3 of the 169 systems measuring Arsenic on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Arsenic:
People also ask
+Is there Arsenic in Beaches Water, MD tap water?
Yes — Beaches Water, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Arsenic at 10.9 ug/L. Beaches Water, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Arsenic at or above the federal limit (10 ug/L MCL). Measured value is 1.1× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Arsenic in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Arsenic is 10 ug/L. The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Arsenic?
A naturally occurring element that also enters water from industry and agriculture. A known human carcinogen; long-term exposure is linked to skin, bladder, and lung cancer.
+Which other U.S. cities have Arsenic over the federal limit?
3 of the 169 systems on The Water Map measuring Arsenic report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Albuquerque, NM, Beaver Run Mhp, MD, Norman, OK.
+Where does this Arsenic measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Arsenic entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Beaches Water, MD water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/md/beaches-water/2024/source.