Artesian Northern Kent Regional, DE Water Quality
Is Artesian Northern Kent Regional's water safe to drink?
Artesian Northern Kent Regional has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 7,014 people through 2,513 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Artesian Northern Kent Regional ranks 9,126th by violation burden (29th percentile) - 2 violations total, 1 health-based.
How Artesian Northern Kent Regional compares within DE
Artesian Northern Kent Regional's 1 health-based violations sit within the DE average of 2.0, across 42 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Artesian Northern Kent Regional is from 2015-01-07 (health-based: 2002-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 04/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Artesian Northern Kent Regional's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what Artesian Northern Kent Regional reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 2 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.