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Kent County, Delaware

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet DE001 · Kent County 133 sys · 3,160 viol · #404/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 48.4% health
  • RANK-TOP #404/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +7.5 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 12.5% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 133 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sussex County ( -7.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kent County ranks #404 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 3 counties in Delaware. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kent County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 48.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 12.5% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #404 of 3,254 · #3 of 3 in Delaware.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kent County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Kent County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% New Castle · lowest Sussex · near Kent · this county · highest 67.1% 73.7% 81.2%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Dover Water Department 39,491 47 Clean
Camden Pump District 17,208 7 Clean
Garrison Lake Pump District 13,467 12 Clean
Smyrna Water Department 11,813 7 Detected
Dover Air Force Base 11,000 17 Clean
Milford Water Department 9,800 6 Clean
Church Creek (Awc) 9,654 8 Clean
Artesian Northern Kent Regional 7,014 5 -
Camden Wyoming Sewer and Water Authority 5,000 14 Clean
Harrington Water Department 3,562 43 -
Delaware State Fair 2,952 97 -
Felton Water Department 1,591 41 -
Burtonwood 1,503 17 -
Pinewood Acres 1,200 34 -
Wild Quail Pump District 1,017 1 -
Kent Co. Regional Sports Complex - Sys 1 1,006 3 -
Frederica Water Department 950 55 -
Route 10 Plaza 900 5 -
Frederica Pump District 861 0 -
Holly Hill Estates 831 5 -
Bylers Store (West Dover) 601 0 -
Shore Stop #236 Canterbury 600 7 -
Southwood Acres Pump District 591 3 -
Dunkin - North Dover 550 0 -
Deer Meadows 534 2 -
Meding and Sons 515 17 -
Dover Skating Center 500 20 -
Fox Pointe Subdivision 500 15 -
Felton-Goose Creek Food Stores 500 19 -
Barkers Landing 498 20 -
Canterbury Crossing Pump District 471 4 -
Kenton Pump District 465 0 -
Lakeland/Beechwood Pump District 459 7 -
Boondocks Restaurant 450 30 -
Farmington Mini Mart 433 50 -
Baltimore Aircoil 430 14 -
Magnolia Water Department 425 10 -
Hartly Elementary School 375 54 -
Akridge Scout Reservation 354 0 -
Forest Grove Pump District 330 31 -
Kitts Hummock Improvement Assoc 305 39 -
Hunters Pointe Pump District 261 1 -
Evergreen Post Acute 256 51 -
Voshells Cove Pump District 252 5 -
Dover Air Park 252 36 -
Cooper Farm Pump District 249 3 -
Delaware State Fire School 228 68 -
Hanover Foods Corporation 217 9 -
Sambos Tavern 212 14 -
Country Corners Market 200 98 -

Compare beyond Delaware

Lower-flagged peers for Kent County

Cross-state counties nearest Kent County on flagged-system share (81.2%) and cumulative violation count (3,160). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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