Is Bridgeville, DE tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Bridgeville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Delaware’s records: Seaford Water Department.
Bridgeville Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Bridgeville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Bridgeville Water Department
Delaware · serves 6,000 people · about 170 in Bridgeville
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 23 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Seaford Water Department
Delaware · serves 6,699 people · under 100 in Bridgeville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal. Hardness: soft, typically 20 mg/L (1.2 grains per gallon).
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Bridgeville
The 3 labs Delaware certifies closest to Bridgeville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Water Testing Laboratories of MD
Salisbury, MD · about 23 miles
Chesapeake Environmental Lab
Stevensville, MD · about 43 miles
Water Testing Laboratories of MD
Stevensville, MD · about 43 miles
Delaware Division of Public Health: Test kits for private well owners, for bacteria plus nitrate, nitrite, iron, fluoride, sodium, hardness and other minerals. Pick one up and bring it back on a weekday at state health offices, including Newark, Smyrna and Georgetown. No charge for the kit or the testing. Private Drinking Water, Delaware Health and Social Services.
All 13 certified labs for DelawareWhich ZIP codes are in Bridgeville: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: Delaware Office of Drinking Water, approved laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Bridgeville
Other towns in Sussex County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Bridgeville Water Department’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water