Smyrna Water Department

Water Quality Snapshot: Smyrna Water Department

Smyrna Water Department is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 11,813 residents in Smyrna, Delaware (Kent County) through 5,533 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 7 total violations for this system , of which 0 (0%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 3 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2015.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Consumer Confidence Rule, recorded in 4 violations (Other). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 5 PFAS compounds were detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 9.8 ppt (parts per trillion). PFAS are persistent synthetic chemicals linked to health effects at very low exposure levels.

Across Delaware, EPA tracks 460 public water systems serving 1,083,630 people, with 9,105 cumulative violations and 4,582 health-based violations on record. About 75% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 19.8 violations. Statewide, 25 of 35 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (71.4%).

Smyrna Water Department's 7 violations sit below the Delaware average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.