Is Dover Air Park Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	1997-07-01 → 1997-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-07-01 → 1997-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1997-07-01 → 1997-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1995-04-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1995-04-01 → 1995-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1994-04-01 → 1994-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1994-04-01 → 1994-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1994-04-01 → 1994-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1994-04-01 → 1994-06-30

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
Copper	42.24 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 49.8 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2013–2016
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	6/6	LCR	2022
Fluoride	108 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	1.6425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.68 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.099 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2014–2017
TTHM	1.6625 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 1.68 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2014–2017
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.289 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 1.3 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2014–2017
Chromium	0.5000 µg/L 0.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/2	SYR4	2016
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.2600 pCi/L 5.2% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2016
Trichloroacetic Acid	0.2000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/5	SYR4	2014–2017

41 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidDibromochloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneLeadMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitriteSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: LOPES, H.J.
Phone: 302-674-2266
Email: '[email protected]'

Frequently asked questions about Dover Air Park

Is Dover Air Park tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Dover Air Park'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 Dover Air Park's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Fluoride, Chloroform, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Dover Air Park serve?

Dover Air Park reports serving 252 people in Delaware, per its EPA record.

Has Dover Air Park had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 19 violations on file for Dover Air Park, of which 10 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.