Is Deer Meadows 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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2015-07-01

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
Bromodichloromethane	5.17 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.88 µg/L	63/70	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	54.08 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 75 µg/L	63/70	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	59.925 µg/L 75% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 81 µg/L	58/64	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	15.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22 µg/L	57/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	25.84 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 41 µg/L	57/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	12.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16 µg/L	57/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.81 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 31.8 µg/L	19/70	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	85.78 µg/L 6.6% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 124 µg/L	14/15	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	10/10	LCR	2023
Barium	2.2 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	543.5 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 590 µg/L	3/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.3885 pCi/L 7.8% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 0.4000 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	0.1543 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1570 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2012–2019
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	0.0300 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloromethane	0.5000 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate	0.0570 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 400 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.95 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/63	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	2.3 µg/L 4.6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2012–2019
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.0500 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/10	SYR4	2012–2019

57 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDalaponDibromoacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoLeadMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNitrateNitrate-NitriteNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzene

Frequently asked questions about Deer Meadows

Is Deer Meadows tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Deer Meadows'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 Deer Meadows's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Dichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Deer Meadows serve?

Deer Meadows reports serving 534 people, per its EPA record.

Has Deer Meadows had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 2 violations on file for Deer Meadows, of which 0 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.