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Lewes Board of Public Works

Serves an area of Sussex County, DE that includes Lewes · 9,627 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Lewes Board of Public Works in the last ten years.

  • DE0000602
  • LEWES
  • DE
  • 9,627 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 19958
EPA system ID DE0000602

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Lewes Board of Public Works draws water from 5 wells.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 63 lead and 1,815 unknown out of 3,742 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 1994

EPA's records for Lewes Board of Public Works go back to 1994. 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 2
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2

Where the water comes from

Lewes Board of Public Works draws water from 5 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Rehoboth Pump District (Tui). 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Lewes Board of Public Works.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Lewes Board of Public Works 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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