Drinking water quality · 2024
· Verified
· PWSID MD0100032
What's in Bradford Estates, MD tap water
1 contaminant in Bradford Estates, MD's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by PFOA at 1.5x the limit.
- !1 contaminant at or above a federal limit — worst is PFOA at 1.5x
- !2 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- !10 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 17 never appear in this report
- ✓No open federal violations
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −19 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −8 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −0 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −14 core regulated contaminants never reported (10/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- PFOA1.5× the federal limit5.9 ng/L · limit 4 ng/L
Linked to cancer, liver damage, and immune effects; the EPA set an enforceable limit of 4 parts per trillion.
higher than 75% of U.S. systems
- Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid89% of the federal limit8.9 ng/L · limit 10 ng/L
Regulated by the EPA at 10 parts per trillion and included in the PFAS Hazard Index.
higher than 75% of U.S. systems
- Nitrate84% of the federal limit8.4 mg/L · limit 10 mg/L
Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
higher than 95% of U.S. systems
+15 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| PFOS | 2.9 ng/L | 4 ng/L |
| TTHM | 51.9 ug/L | 80 ug/L |
| Chlorine | 1.4 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Fluoride | 0.6 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Lead | 2 ug/L | 15 ug/L |
| HAA5 | 6.6 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Copper | 0.087 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Barium | 0.088 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Chromium | 0.001 mg/L | 0.1 mg/L |
| Nickel | 0.004 mg/L | — |
| Sodium | 114 mg/L | — |
| Total Coliform | 0 | — |
| Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid | 2.8 ng/L | — |
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid | 1.9–3 ng/L | — |
| Chloromethane | 1.26 ug/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
17 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Bradford Estates, MD's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
Where your water comes from · EPA SDWIS
Bradford Estates, MD's drinking water comes from ground water, drawn from 2 sources.
Source
- BRADFORD ESTATES 2 REYBURN CT FR815227
- BRADFORD ESTATES 3 BILLS CT FR815014
Treatment
- WTP-WELLS 2(REYBURN) & 3(BILLS
Distribution
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.