Dewey Beach Water Department

Water Quality Snapshot: Dewey Beach Water Department

Dewey Beach Water Department is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 31,000 residents in Frankford, Delaware (Sussex County) through 2,771 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 4 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 4 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2009.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Coliform (TCR), recorded in 4 violations (MR). Under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program, 5 PFAS compounds were detected in samples collected from this system, with a maximum reported concentration of 11 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%).

Dewey Beach Water Department's 4 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.