{"id":9817,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hhchilddw\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:37:53","slug":"hhchilddw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hhchilddw\/","title":{"rendered":"hsp\/hhchilddw ~  Children in Healthy Homes &#8211; Drinking Water  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/hhchilddw.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n\n      <\/a>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Delaware Healthy Homes<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\n\n\n    \n\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n\n \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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This is especially\n\n\n\n        true for homes with infants being fed formula prepared with the homes drinking water. Nitrates, metals, volatile organic compounds\n\n\n\n        and other potential contaminants can have serious impact on children&#8217;s health.\n\n\n\n      <\/p><em><strong>What you can do&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><br>\n\n\n\n      <br>\n\n\n\n      Educate yourself.<br>\n\n\n\n      <br>\n\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n\n        If you are connected to the public water system, your local water quality report will tell which contaminants are in your drinking\n\n\n\n        water, the levels at which they were found, and the actual or likely source of each contaminant. If you still have concerns about\n\n\n\n        your water, you can purchase a filter for your drinking water, buy bottled water in multi-gallon containers or have a service\n\n\n\n        deliver it.\n\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n\n        If you get your water from a private well, you should have it professionally checked every year or so. 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