FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK PESTICIDE PROJECT

Natural Levels of Fluoride in Drinking Water by State:
Maryland

• It is not known if the water systems listed below
-- remove fluoride at levels over 4.0 ppm
-- are all still active
• The state Water System ID is the same as EPA's preceded with the state's initial. For example, Maryland would be MD0000000

Information from:
Fluoridation Census 1992.
Volume 1.
Published 1993 by
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Services
Naional Center for Prevention Services
Division of Oral Health
Atlanta, Georgia 30333

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See map from U.S. Census Bureau with links to each county in Maryland

State Water Systems County EPA ID No. Population Natural Level of Fluoride (ppm)
Maryland Caroline Acres TP Caroline  0050204  375 1.8 
Maryland Crisfield  Somerset  0190001  4,578  1.9
Maryland  Frenchtown  Somerset  0190003  35 5.0 
Maryland  Greensboro  Caroline  0050003 1,500  1.5 
Maryland Oxford Utilities  Talbot  0200005  850  1.9 
Maryland  Rumbley  Somerset  0190014 190  5.1 
Maryland  Smith Island-Capitol-Ewell  Somerset  0190005  38 1.9 
Maryland  Smith Island-Ewell  Somerset  0190004  150  1.5 
Maryland  Smith Island-Field-Ewell  Somerset  0190008  76  1.6
Maryland Smith Island-Hill-Ewell  Somerset  0190007  100  1.6 
Maryland  Smith Island-Mid Town-Ewell   Somerset  0190006 34  1.6 
Maryland  Smith Island-Rhodes Point S  Somerset  0190009 100 2.2 
Maryland  Smith Island-Tylerton  Somerset  0190011  165 1.9 

FYI

Percentage of State Population served by Public Water Systems that Receive Fluoridated Water (see all states)
State 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1992
Maryland 93.7 91.0 90.7 90.7 90.7  85.8

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