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ZIP 21539 · Lonaconing, MD · EPA MD0010018

Midland-Lonaconing: water report for ZIP 21539

System name
Midland-Lonaconing
EPA PWS ID
MD0010018
Location
Lonaconing, MD
Population served
5,000
Water source
Surface water
Primary EPA source
EPA ECHO record for MD0010018

Make sure this is the system tied to your address before using these results to make a decision about your own water. A ZIP code is not a street address.

EPA lab monitoring (UCMR 5)

EPA UCMR 5 monitoring (Apr. 2025–Dec. 2025) checked this system for 30 chemicals (29 PFAS and lithium) and detected none above EPA's minimum reporting levels.

UCMR 5 results are monitoring data, not a compliance determination. PFAS compliance is governed by separate EPA drinking-water rules. Some PFAS rule changes are proposed for 2026 — see what's proposed.

Lead at customer taps

Lead at sampled customer taps, 90th percentile (Jan. 2025–June 2025): 1 ppb. EPA's current action level is 15 ppb; its health goal (MCLG) is 0.

Lead is regulated with an action level rather than a standard MCL. EPA's lead action level is 15 ppb today; the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements lower it to 10 ppb starting Nov. 1, 2027.

Violations on the federal record

The EPA record shows 14 violations, 2 health-based.

TypeRule / contaminantSince
Record · missed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2018
Health-based · treatment-technique violationRadionuclides2023
Record · missed required testing or reportingNitrate2023
Record · other violationSurface Water Treatment2008
Record · missed required testing or reportingNitrate2023
Record · missed required testing or reportingNitrate2023
Record · missed required testing or reporting—2023
Record · missed required testing or reporting—2023
Record · missed required testing or reporting—2023
Health-based · exceeded a contaminant limitHaloacetic Acids (HAA5)2025
Record · missed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2025
Record · missed required testing or reportingLead & Copper Rule2024

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What the numbers mean

EPA uses two different benchmarks: the legal limit (MCL) and the health goal (MCLG). They are not always the same number. Read EPA's explanation →

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Sources: U.S. EPA SDWIS (system record and violations, queried live) · EPA UCMR 5 final dataset · EPA SDWIS lead & copper 90th-percentile results. EPA data can lag the latest tests.