Delaware Facts About Water

Did You Know . . . . . .

• The State of Delaware gets most of its water for a variety of uses from the waters of the Delaware River Basin.
  
  
• New Castle County, Delaware's largest and northern most county, gets 75% of its drinking water supply from surface water sources.
  
  
• The Brandywine Creek, Red Clay Creek, White Clay Creek, and Christina River provide water supply for New Castle County.
  
  
• 25% of New Castle County uses groundwater for drinking water supply.
  
  
• Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware rely solely on groundwater for drinking
  water supply.
  
  
• Delaware shares the water resources of the Delaware River Basin with three other states-Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
  
  
• If you live in the city of Wilmington, you use water from the Brandywine Creek.
  
  
• Most of the water supply in New Castle County comes from water utilities, either
  municipal or invester-owned.