Updated: May 17, 2022
By Maryland Department of the Environment

Arsenic Water Treatment for Individual Wells in Maryland

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element present in food, soil, rocks, air and water. The presence of arsenic in groundwater is largely the result of minerals dissolving naturally from weathered rocks and soils over time. Water that is pumped from wells in that aquifer may contain detectable amounts of this element.

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