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Milton Water Department

Serves Milton, Sussex County, DE · 3,200 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Milton Water Department in the last ten years.

  • DE0000629
  • MILTON
  • DE
  • 3,200 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 19968
EPA system ID DE0000629

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Milton Water Department draws water from 5 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 908 unknown out of 2,121 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.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 10, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Milton Water Department go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Where the water comes from

Milton Water Department draws water from 5 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Milton Water Department 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.

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.

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