City water profile

Water hardness in Georgetown

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Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 10
Active health records: 0

Your tap water

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Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Georgetown Water Department

DE0000592 · Groundwater · 7,259 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Stockley Center

DE0000276 · Groundwater · 749 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0016 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

11% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 2.648 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

204% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025

Violation history (4)

Imported violation history for Stockley Center
Rule	Status	Period
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 4, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Mar 6, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 12, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Aug 16, 2021

Sand Hill Acres

DE0000115 · Groundwater · 384 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0137 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

91% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (1)

Imported violation history for Sand Hill Acres
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 1994

Avalon Woods Owners Assoc Inc

DE0000885 · Groundwater · 306 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Nitrate

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation

Reported level: 11.95 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level: 10 MG/L

119% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Apr 1, 2025 to Jun 4, 2025

Violation history (1)

Imported violation history for Avalon Woods Owners Assoc Inc
Rule	Status	Period
NitrateHealth-based	Resolved	Apr 1, 2025 to Jun 4, 2025

County Seat Gardens

DE0000901 · Groundwater · 297 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0054 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

36% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.9405 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

149% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2005 to Dec 31, 2005

Violation history (7)

Imported violation history for County Seat Gardens
Rule	Status	Period
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2024 to Jan 29, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Oct 1, 2023 to Jan 29, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2023 to Oct 20, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-based	Resolved	Apr 25, 2023 to Jun 11, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 20, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Oct 20, 2023
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 1994

Country Club Village (tui)

DE00A0679 · Groundwater · 192 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0013 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

9% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Willow Lake Pump District

DE00A0757 · Groundwater · 120 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Sand Hill Mobile Home Park

DE0000982 · Groundwater · 120 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.87 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

144% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2005 to Jun 30, 2005

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Blue Heron Estates

DE00A0680 · Groundwater · 111 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.001 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Fish Hook Mobile Home Park

DE0000260 · Groundwater · 72 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0037 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

25% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023

Nitrate

EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation

Reported violation

Reported level: 18.15 MG/L
Maximum contaminant level: 10 MG/L

182% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026

Violation history (4)

Imported violation history for Fish Hook Mobile Home Park
Rule	Status	Period
NitrateHealth-based	Archived	Jan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
NitrateHealth-based	Resolved	Jan 17, 2023 to Mar 9, 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to Oct 31, 2022
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2022 to May 8, 2023

City summary

What the indexed records say

Georgetown has 1 published ZIP profile across Sussex County. The regional-evidence median is 46 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft1 ZIP

Moderately hard0 ZIPs

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: 2 miles
Profiles with evidence: 1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Apr 11, 2016 to Aug 28, 2024.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Georgetown

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

19947

Soft

45.8 PPM

Nearest site: 2 mi
Confidence: High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

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Questions people ask

About water in Georgetown

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.