Metals · 2024
Lead in Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD tap water
Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit. Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Reported level System-wide | Not detected ug/L | None set |
Range System-wide | 0–19 ug/L | None set |
Verbatim from Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Lead
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures.
There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
How Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD compares
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People also ask
+Is there Lead in Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD tap water?
Yes — Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Lead at 0–19 ug/L. Cheltenham Youth Facility, MD's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Lead at or above the federal limit. Measured value is 1.3× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Lead in drinking water?
The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Lead. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.
+What is Lead?
A toxic metal that leaches into water from old service lines, solder, and plumbing fixtures. There is no safe level of lead; it harms brain development in children and raises blood pressure in adults. The EPA sets an action level, not a health goal above zero.
+Where does this Lead measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Lead entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Cheltenham Youth Facility, 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/cheltenham-youth-facility/2024/source.