Is DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's water safe to drink?

DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,000 people get their water from it, across 4 connections.

DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's record against the rest of the country

DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER has 7 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,749th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.

Against the average

DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's 2 health-based violations sit within the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2000-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 04/30/2026.

The concern categories on record

DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER'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 DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's record does not cover

Everything on this page is DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and DELAWARE CORRECTIONAL CENTER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,749th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.