Bethany Crest Llc, DE
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5.8 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Bethany Crest Llc at a glance
Bethany Crest Llc serves about 115 people through 59 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Sussex County, Delaware. EPA system ID: DE0000628; phone on file: 302-541-4114. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Bethany Crest Llc's lead record
That is up 5.8 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bethany Crest Llc is 20.2 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.8 ppb |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 11.4 ppb over 10 |
| 2021 | 6.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 6.4 ppb |
| 2019 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 15 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 20.2 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 20.2 ppb over 15 |
Where this result ranks
Of the 196 Delaware systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.31 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 14 have gone over at some point. Bethany Crest Llc's 5.8 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Delaware and the 92nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
96 other systems share Sussex County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bethany Crest Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Rehoboth Pump District (Tui) | 81,417 | 0.71 ppb |
| Bethany Bay Pump District | 52,684 | 2.3 ppb |
| Dewey Beach Water Department | 31,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rehoboth Beach Water Department | 25,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Artesian Southern Sussex Regional | 20,145 | 2 ppb |
| Sussex Shores Water Company | 12,450 | 6.9 ppb |
| Bethany Beach Water Department | 12,000 | 4.9 ppb |
| Long Neck Water Company | 11,000 | 1.1 ppb |
| Lewes Board Of Public Works | 9,627 | 21.6 ppb |
| Millsboro Water Department | 8,568 | 5.2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clarksville, DE may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bethany Crest Llc whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.