Water Quality: Blades, DE

1 water system • 1,200 people served

Some Concerns
9
Total Violations
1
Health-Based Violations
1
Water Systems
1,200
Population Served

Water Quality Summary

Blades is served by 1 public water system with a combined service population of 1,200 people, and has 9 EPA Safe Drinking Water Act violations on record. Critically, 1 of those are health-based violation, meaning one or more contaminants were detected above EPA-established safe levels — a serious public health concern. Blades's violation count is 70% below the national average for Delaware. Contaminants associated with violations include Contaminant 1925.

Contaminants Found

Contaminant 1925

Water Systems Serving Blades

System Name PWSID Source Population Violations
BLADES, TOWN OF DE0000865 Groundwater 1,200 9

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Data Sources

Drinking water violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Data includes all recorded violations for active community water systems.

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