Is ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL's water safe to drink?
ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 18,215, over 7,102 connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 2 health-based ones put ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL at the 46th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,929 of 12,903.
How ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL compares within
Among the 244 systems in this dataset, the average is 11.2 health-based violations - ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL is from 2019-01-06 (health-based: 2019-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 04/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX 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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for ARTESIAN SOUTHERN SUSSEX REGIONAL - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.