Ponds Of Odessa (Awc), DE
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Ponds Of Odessa (Awc) at a glance
Ponds Of Odessa (Awc) serves about 216 people through 282 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in New Castle County, Delaware. EPA system ID: DE0020088; phone on file: 302-453-2389. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ponds Of Odessa (Awc) is 0 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Ponds Of Odessa (Awc) compares
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. Ponds Of Odessa (Awc)'s reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 19th percentile in Delaware and the 16th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
30 other systems share New Castle County; 17 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ponds Of Odessa (Awc). If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Artesian Water Company | 231,114 | 1 ppb |
| Wilmington Water Department | 107,976 | 0 (not detected) |
| Veolia Water Delaware, Inc | 100,495 | 2 ppb |
| Newark Water Department | 40,000 | 1 ppb |
| Middletown Water Department | 17,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Municipal Services Commission | 5,549 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Ncc District | 5,538 | 0 (not detected) |
| North West Pump District | 4,149 | 0.8 ppb |
| Willow Grove Mill | 3,090 | 0 (not detected) |
| Delaware City Water Department (Awc) | 2,610 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Ponds Of Odessa (Awc)'s service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ponds Of Odessa (Awc) 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.