Is Long Neck Water Company 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	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-07-01 → 2004-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2004-05-01 → 2004-05-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2001-03-01 → 2001-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2001-01-01 → 2001-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-07-01 → 1996-09-30

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
Nitrate	3965 µg/L 40% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4200 µg/L	70/70	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	128.6 µg/L 9.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 438 µg/L	65/86	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	81.627 µg/L 4.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 114.3 µg/L	43/43	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	3890 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4200 µg/L	35/35	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	3.2 µg/L 3.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	27/43	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	0.9900 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	16/43	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0011 mg/L 7.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	13/13	LCR	2023
Lead	13.555 µg/L 90% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 17.9 µg/L	12/92	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	1.575 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.59 µg/L	11/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Mercury	1 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	6/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.174 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	5/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	0.7580 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.7700 µg/L	4/11	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	3.773 µg/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2015–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.8450 pCi/L 17% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.8900 pCi/L	3/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	0.5195 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.5200 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2013–2019

90 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)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GOLDEN, JONATHAN
Phone: 302-947-9600
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Long Neck Water Company

Is Long Neck Water Company tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in Long Neck Water Company'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 Long Neck Water Company's water?

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

How many people does Long Neck Water Company serve?

Long Neck Water Company reports serving 11,000 people in Delaware, per its EPA record.

Has Long Neck Water Company had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 15 violations on file for Long Neck Water Company, of which 13 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.