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Frederick County, Maryland: drinking water records

This overview covers 27 ZIP codes and 30 community water systems in Frederick County. It also stands in for 5 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus27ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
7
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
5
systems where PFAS was found
2
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
12
systems that have reached the lead action level
5
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.

Water systems with the most complete records

Water systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Fort Detrick MD01000117,900120120 ppb
New Design - Frederick County MD010003074,911120103 ppb
City of Frederick MD010001554,000480101.1 ppb
Town of Walkersville MD01000258,440120000 ppb
City of Brunswick MD01000057,312240000 ppb
Town of Thurmont MD01000236,200240404 ppb
Town of Middletown MD01000184,288180802 ppb
Cloverhill 3 - Consecutive To MD0100015 MD01000318880030 ppb
Gilberts Mobile Home Park MD0100207750010 ppb
Amelano Manor MD0100001360010 ppb
Town of Emmitsburg MD01000102,9210000 ppb
Fountaindale South MD01000132,6100001 ppb
Mount Saint Marys University MD01000191,9000000 ppb
Knolls of Windsor MD01000411,5530000 ppb
Town of Myersville MD01000201,5160002.4 ppb
Waterside MD01000291,5090000 ppb
Sam Hill Estates MD01000401,0360001.7 ppb
Cambridge Farms MD01000339530001 ppb
Town of Woodsboro MD010002784600013 ppb
Copperfield MD01000373380001 ppb
Country Meadows of Frederick MD01000472950000 ppb
White Rock MD01000262560000 ppb
Bradford Estates MD01000321780000 ppb
Concord Estates Mobile Home Park MD01002031500000 ppb
Libertytown East MD01000381400004 ppb

ZIP reports in Frederick County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 21718, 21762, 21778, 21780, 21790.

Sources and scope

EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.

Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.

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