North West Pump District, DE Water Quality
North West Pump District: EPA violation history, explained
North West Pump District has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,149 people get their water from it, across 1,366 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, North West Pump District ranks 9,028th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.
How North West Pump District compares within DE
DE's 42 covered systems average 2.0 health-based violations each; North West Pump District carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for North West Pump District is from 2003-01-06 (health-based: 2003-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 04/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
North West Pump District'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
North West Pump District'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. Between the utility's meter and North West Pump District's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,028th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.