Is Town of Delmar Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Wicomico

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
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-01-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	1993-01-01 → 1995-12-31

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
Nitrate	3600 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0018 mg/L 12% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2024
TTHM	13.219 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 15.1 µg/L	7/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromodichloromethane	3.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.075 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.7 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	1.88 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	722.05 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 730 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Bromoform	3.741 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	3/6	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.594 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.82 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2014–2019
Cadmium	3.7 µg/L 74% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2014–2015
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.62 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2014–2015
Monochloroacetic Acid	1.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2014–2015

87 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-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UGross Beta Particle ActivityHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: FLEETWOOD, JEFF
Phone: 410-896-2777
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Town of Delmar

Is Town of Delmar tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Town of Delmar'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 Town of Delmar's water?

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

How many people does Town of Delmar serve?

Town of Delmar reports serving 4,500 people in Maryland, per its EPA record.

Has Town of Delmar had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 3 violations on file for Town of Delmar, 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.