DrinkingWaterCheck

Is DELAWARE CITY PWS's water safe to drink?

DELAWARE CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 43,895, over 16,216 connections.

DELAWARE CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country

DELAWARE CITY PWS has 7 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,491th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.

Against the OH average

Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - DELAWARE CITY PWS's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

DELAWARE CITY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

DELAWARE CITY PWS'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:

The most severe category on record is nitrate / nitrite, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What DELAWARE CITY PWS's record does not cover

Everything on this page is DELAWARE CITY PWS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for DELAWARE CITY PWS - 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.