{"id":9936,"date":"2025-03-01T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T19:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/pubdw\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:40:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:40:45","slug":"pubdw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hsp\/pubdw\/","title":{"rendered":"hsp\/pubdw ~  Drinking Water &#8211; Consumer Information  &#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  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\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\/pubdw.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    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Office of Drinking Water<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n\n    <\/header>\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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Consumer Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n   \u00a0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/wtrwtch.pdf\">Water Watchers &#8211; Protect Your Water<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <h3>Water Quality Testing and Compliance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <p>Public water systems, typically defined as serving over 25 people, are required to maintain certain water quality standards. Testing and analysis are conducted at regular intervals to ensure that the water delivered to a system&#8217;s customers is up to the appropriate standards. Below are links to compliance reports for water systems in Delaware and resources that provide information on the standards for these systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <ul>\n\n\n\n\n    <li><a href=\"drinkingwaternotices.html\">Public Drinking Water Notices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/regulations.delaware.gov\/AdminCode\/title16\/Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Social%20Services\/Division%20of%20Public%20Health\/Health%20Systems%20Protection%20(HSP)\/4462.shtml\">Drinking Water Contaminants &#8211; Delaware Drinking Water Standards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n    <li><a href=\"annrepdw.html\">Annual Compliance Reports<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/safewater\/pws\/index.html\">US EPA &#8211; Public Drinking Water System Information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <h3>Fluoride in Your Drinking Water<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <p>The addition of fluoride to public water supplies is considered one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The addition of fluoride significantly reduces the occurrence of tooth decay in the population served by public water systems. The information below can answer questions related to fluoride in drinking water and help determine if it\u2019s added by your water supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   <ul>\n\n\n\n\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/fluoridation\/\" title=\"CDC - Community Water Fluoridation\">CDC &#8211; Community Water Fluoridation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n\n   <\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n   <br>\n\n\n\n\n   <br>\n\n\n\n\n   <p class=\"smalltext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Adobe Acrobat Reader\" height=\"21\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dhss\/img\/getacro60.gif\" width=\"60\"><\/a> Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  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