Is Barkers Landing Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2018-05-12
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2018-05-12
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-12-31

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	24.75 µg/L 1.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	18/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2025
Lead	6.0975 µg/L 41% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.8 µg/L	6/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	3.914 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.07 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	16.272 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.39 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	0.9540 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.9700 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	4.9064 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.918 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	5.3262 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.5 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	21.1855 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 21.43 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2016–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	9.2514 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 9.549 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2016–2019

4 contaminants tested, none detected

BromoformDibromoacetic AcidMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: LIGHTHALL, BONNIE
Phone: 302-335-1171
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Barkers Landing

Is Barkers Landing tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 10 contaminants in Barkers Landing'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 Barkers Landing's water?

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

How many people does Barkers Landing serve?

Barkers Landing reports serving 498 people in Delaware, per its EPA record.

Has Barkers Landing had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 18 violations on file for Barkers Landing, of which 2 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.