- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- Lithium: found in 2 of 2 samples, average 13.3 µg/L, highest 15.3 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Aug 2024)
- Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Oct 2024–Dec 2024 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Bowie tap water? What EPA records show
EPA MD0160002 · serves Prince George'S County, MD · about 25,000 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
City of Bowie (EPA MD0160002)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Bowie's main utility, City of Bowie: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for City of Bowie, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Oct 2024–Dec 2024 (EPA SDWIS).
We found no lead 90th-percentile result in EPA's records for this system (MD0160002) for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for City of Bowie (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.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does City of Bowie use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in City of Bowie's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.