Is Dagsboro Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: GWP
Ownership: Local government
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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2012-10-16
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2012-10-16
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2009-01-01 → 2009-06-30

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	664 µg/L 51% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 946 µg/L	41/41	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	9.4 µg/L 63% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 16.6 µg/L	41/41	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	3.5045 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.48 µg/L	38/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	5.7585 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.5 µg/L	38/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.099 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.15 µg/L	35/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0060 mg/L 40% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2025
TTHM	14.104 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 15.4 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	3.382 µg/L 5.6% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 3.46 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.3068 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.32 µg/L	4/5	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	0.7250 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.7500 µg/L	3/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.112 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.14 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2014–2019

3 contaminants tested, none detected

Dibromoacetic AcidMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic Acid

Utility contact

Contact: WEST, STACY
Phone: 302-732-3777
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Dagsboro Water Dept

Is Dagsboro Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 11 contaminants in Dagsboro Water Dept'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 Dagsboro Water Dept's water?

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

How many people does Dagsboro Water Dept serve?

Dagsboro Water Dept reports serving 934 people in Delaware, per its EPA record.

Has Dagsboro Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 12 violations on file for Dagsboro Water Dept, 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.