- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 6 samples, average 9.7 ppt, highest 25.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 6 of 6 samples, average 6.5 ppt, highest 13.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 5 of 6 samples, average 5.6 ppt, highest 12.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 3.4 ppt, highest 11.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 2.5 ppt, highest 7.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 2.5 ppt, highest 7.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 2.1 ppt, highest 6.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 2 of 6 samples, average 1.7 ppt, highest 5.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2023–Dec 2023)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Newark tap water? What EPA records show
EPA DE0000630 · serves Newark, DE · about 40,000 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Newark Water Department (EPA DE0000630)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Newark's main utility, Newark Water Department: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (DE0000630) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Newark Water Department, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (DE0000630) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Newark Water Department (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Newark Water Department use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Newark Water Department's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.