Is Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE tap water safe?
The short answer
None of the 4 utilities serving Rising Sun-Lebanon has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Delaware’s records.
Church Creek (Awc), which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.7 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 Rising Sun-Lebanon’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Church Creek (Awc)
Delaware · serves 9,654 people · about 870 in Rising Sun-Lebanon
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Dover Water Department
Delaware · serves 39,491 people · about 280 in Rising Sun-Lebanon
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 37.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 23 to 117 mg/L (1.3 to 6.8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Camden Pump District
Delaware · serves 17,208 people · about 210 in Rising Sun-Lebanon
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: soft to hard depending on the source, 7.8 to 137 mg/L (0.5 to 8 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
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Garrison Lake Pump District
Delaware · serves 17,148 people · under 100 in Rising Sun-Lebanon
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Hardness: soft to moderately hard depending on the source, 8.5 to 68 mg/L (0.5 to 4 grains per gallon).
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Rising Sun-Lebanon
The 3 labs Delaware certifies closest to Rising Sun-Lebanon, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Chesapeake Environmental Lab
Stevensville, MD · about 45 miles
Water Testing Laboratories of MD
Stevensville, MD · about 45 miles
Water Testing Laboratories of MD
Salisbury, MD · about 53 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 Rising Sun-Lebanon: 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 Rising Sun-Lebanon
Other towns in Kent County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Church Creek (Awc)’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