Is NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?

NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 4,500 people through 696 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

12 total violations and 0 health-based ones put NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT at the 20th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 10,335 of 12,903.

Against the PA average

Among the 475 PA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT's 0 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.

What NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT's record does not cover

This is what NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT 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. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for NEW WILMINGTON BORO WATER DEPT - 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.