Veolia Water Delaware, Inc, DE
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Veolia Water Delaware, Inc at a glance
Veolia Water Delaware, Inc serves about 100,495 people through 38,652 service connections, which makes it a very large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in New Castle County, Delaware. EPA system ID: DE0000564; phone on file: 302-252-3101. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Veolia Water Delaware, Inc's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veolia Water Delaware, Inc is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.6 ppb |
Against other Delaware systems
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. Veolia Water Delaware, Inc's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Delaware and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
30 other systems share New Castle County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Veolia Water Delaware, Inc. 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) |
| 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 |
| Delaware Correctional Center | 2,000 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Wilmington, DE
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wilmington, 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 Veolia Water Delaware, Inc 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.