Is Bridgeville Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Sussex

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-07-01 → 1993-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-07-01 → 1993-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1993-07-01 → 1993-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1989-09-29 → 1989-12-28
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1989-09-29 → 1989-12-28

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	4600 µg/L 46% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4800 µg/L	414/614	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	1030 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1350 µg/L	306/306	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	4570 µg/L 46% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4800 µg/L	207/307	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	248 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 560 µg/L	30/34	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	17.317 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 18.64 µg/L	10/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2025
Bromodichloromethane	6.14 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.16 µg/L	9/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.737 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.74 µg/L	7/14	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	26.7975 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 27.53 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	4.592 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.74 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	23.2 µg/L 155% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 26 µg/L	5/35	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	7.9016 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 8.202 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Barium	64.019 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 65.24 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	3.3837 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.462 µg/L	4/6	SYR4	2014–2019
Lithium	23 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/6	UCMR-5	2025
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.1929 pCi/L 24% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.261 pCi/L	3/5	SYR4	2012–2016
Chromium	6.265 µg/L 6.3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 6.5 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2012–2019
Beryllium, Total	1.271 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	109 µg/L 55% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.2700 µg/L 4.5% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.15 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/6	SYR4	2014–2019

85 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DEBUSSY, BETHANY
Phone: 302-337-7135
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Bridgeville Water Department

Is Bridgeville Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Bridgeville Water Department's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Bridgeville Water Department's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Fluoride, Nitrate-Nitrite, Copper, Chloroform, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Bridgeville Water Department serve?

Bridgeville Water Department reports serving 6,000 people in Delaware, per its EPA record.

Has Bridgeville Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 5 violations on file for Bridgeville Water Department, of which 5 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.