Port Deposit, DE
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About Port Deposit
Port Deposit serves about 725 people through 250 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Cecil County, Delaware. EPA system ID: MD0070020; phone on file: 302-453-6900. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Port Deposit's lead record
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Port Deposit is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How Port Deposit 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. Port Deposit's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Delaware and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Cecil County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Port Deposit. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Elkton West | 3,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mountain Hill Water Company | 2,154 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Hills | 953 | 0 (not detected) |
| Harbor View | 437 | 0 (not detected) |
| Carpenters Point Water Co. | 400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park | 325 | 11.5 ppb |
| Cecil Woods Mobile Home Park Wtp | 285 | 1.3 ppb |
| Route 7 Distribution System | 100 | - |
| Chestnut Point Estates Wtp | 82 | - |
Next steps for Newark, DE
Look up your address in Port Deposit'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 Port Deposit 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.