- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 0.80 ppt, highest 3.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Oct 2025)
Public EPA test results
What EPA records show for New Design - Frederick County
EPA system ID MD0100030 · serves Frederick County, MD · about 74,911 people (EPA records)
Here's what EPA has on file for this water system: its testing for newer contaminants like PFAS (UCMR 5), lead testing and violations. It's not a test of your tap, and there's no Water Score here.
Public EPA test results
New Design - Frederick County (EPA MD0100030)
What EPA records show for New Design - Frederick County, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-standard violations in EPA's records for this system (MD0100030) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for New Design - Frederick County (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
We found no lead 90th-percentile result in EPA's records for this system (MD0100030) for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for New Design - Frederick County (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does New Design - Frederick County use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in New Design - Frederick County's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.