No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for DE0000663. PurityMap is independent of Wilmington Water Department.
Every community water system publishes one each year. Your water bill or the utility's website links to it.
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31 results are on record. These 5 come first: results above a listed reference, then those closest to a legal limit.
1health-based violation in the last 10 years · none open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. Counted once per contaminant per year in the Track record subject score. A violation record is a compliance fact, not a health verdict.
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Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its official website is wilmingtonde.gov, its phone number on EPA record is 302-576-3017 and its mailing address is Water Work Center, WILMINGTON, DE 19801. These details come from the system's EPA record and a check of its website.
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EPA's records list Wilmington Water Department as serving Wilmington, Delaware. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for Wilmington Water Department holds results for 29 PFAS substances. 6 were detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for Wilmington Water Department. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
Wilmington Water Department is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where Wilmington Water Department reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at Wilmington Water Department: not detected (90th percentile, 2021–2023 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.