Public water system record
Bethany Bay Pump District
Serves an area of Sussex County, DE that includes Millville and Ocean View · 51,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Bethany Bay Pump District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Bethany Bay Pump District draws water from 13 wells (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,183 unknown out of 12,048 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Bethany Bay Pump District go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
Where the water comes from
Bethany Bay Pump District draws water from 13 wells (5 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to Bethany Beach Water Department. 2 other community water systems buy water from Bethany Bay Pump District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Bethany Bay Pump District.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Bethany Beach Water Department Bethany Beach, DE
Community systems that buy water from it
- Friendship Creek Newark, DE
- Sycamore Chase (Awc) Newark, DE
Annual water quality report
Bethany Bay Pump District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Delaware.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells