Water quality by county
in Delaware
EPA sampled public water systems across Delaware for PFAS under its UCMR 5 programme. Of the 3 counties, 3 have a reading above a federal limit and 0 have not been sampled at all — which is not a clean result, only an absence of one. Each county below shows what was found, at what concentration, and at which utility.
| county | Population | Worst result | Compound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex County | 271,134 | 9.0× | PFOA · 36 ng/L |
| New Castle County | 588,093 | 6.3× | PFOA · 25.3 ng/L |
| Kent County | 192,690 | 2.5× | PFOA · 9.8 ng/L |