Lead and Copper Testing and New
Technology Ensure Safe Drinking Water
Recent test results once again confirm that Rockville’s drinking water is clean and safe. The city received results in late September from its testing for lead and copper in tap water samples taken from 33 addresses within the city.
There was no lead detected, except in two samples. Those two samples showed lead levels far below where the Environmental Protection Agency takes regulatory or remedial action. The tests also showed copper levels far below the EPA action level.
These EPA-required tests are performed every three years and are in addition to daily and hourly testing that the city performs at its water treatment plant on the Potomac River. Those tests are reported monthly to the Maryland Department of the Environment.
Get a closer look at a new cleansing process that the water treatment plant is performing to further improve the high quality of Rockville’s water in this “Rock 11 Now” report:
Rockville is investing more than $1.5 million each year to replace decades-old water pipes, allowing the city’s water system to maintain adequate pressure for fire hydrants and deliver clean water to the community.
Learn more about Rockville’s drinking water at www.rockvillemd.gov/water and in the city’s Annual Drinking Water Report at www.rockvillemd.gov/annualwaterquality2016.