Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2, DE
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2 at a glance
Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2 serves about 36 people through 12 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Kent County, Delaware. EPA system ID: DE0020062; phone on file: 302-398-9166. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 4.9 ppb from 4.1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2 is 22 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, 2 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 ppb |
| 2023 | 4.1 ppb |
| 2020 | 9 ppb |
| 2019 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2018 | 1.84 ppb |
| 2018 | 5.69 ppb |
| 2017 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2016 | 10 ppb |
| 2016 | 10 ppb |
| 2016 | 22 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 22 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. Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2's 9 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Delaware and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
57 other systems share Kent County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Dover Water Department | 39,491 | 2 ppb |
| Camden Pump District | 17,208 | 0 (not detected) |
| Garrison Lake Pump District | 17,148 | 0.62 ppb |
| Smyrna Water Department | 11,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dover Air Force Base | 11,000 | 5 ppb |
| Milford Water Department | 9,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Church Creek (Awc) | 9,654 | 0 (not detected) |
| Artesian Northern Kent Regional | 7,014 | 0 (not detected) |
| Camden Wyoming Sewer And Water Authority | 5,000 | 2.1 ppb |
| Harrington Water Department | 3,562 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrington, 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 Messick'S Mhc Llc System 2 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.