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# New Delaware Well Permits (DNREC) by Use, Driller & County: 2026 statistics from 1,868 public records

**The most common well use is Environmental: monitoring, soil boring or remediation: 734 of 1,868 records (39.3%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov)).**

Data as of 2026-11-04 · Compiled by Zalwin from Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov) Copy citation

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## Key findings

- Zalwin's DeWellPermitPulse dataset holds 1,868 DeWellPermitPulse records dated 2026-05-01 to 2026-11-02 (as of 2026-11-04; source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov)). [#](#finding-1)
- The most common well use is Environmental: monitoring, soil boring or remediation: 734 of 1,868 records (39.3%) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov)). [#](#finding-2)
- Across 1,867 records with a stated depth, the total is 125,518 and the median is 54; the largest is 1,000 (Tidewater Utilities Inc) (as of 2026-11-04; source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov)). [#](#finding-3)
- The top 10% of records by depth (187 of 1,867) account for 33.6% of the total (as of 2026-11-04; source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov)). [#](#finding-4)
- 181 of 1,868 records (9.7%) are dated within the 30 days before 2026-11-04 (source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov)). [#](#finding-5)

## DeWellPermitPulse records by well use

| Group | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental: monitoring, soil boring or remediation | 734 | 39.3% |
| Domestic (household) | 571 | 30.6% |
| Agricultural or irrigation | 483 | 25.9% |
| Dewatering | 42 | 2.2% |
| Public water supply | 18 | 1.0% |
| Geothermal | 18 | 1.0% |
| Other | 2 | 0.1% |

## Methodology and data provenance

- Sample: 1,868 public records dated 2026-05-01 to 2026-11-02; illustrative samples excluded.

- Source: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) well permits (data.delaware.gov). Refreshed automatically about every 24 hours; figures above are as of 2026-11-04.

- Shares are of all records in the dataset; totals and medians use only records with a stated depth.

- Organization-level data only. Informational; verify individual records at the official source.

### Cite this study

Zalwin Research, "DeWellPermitPulse statistics" (data as of 2026-11-04), https://zalwin.com/research/dewellpermitpulse

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