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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2019 UPDATE

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New Jersey

  • 579 Utilities

  • Serving: 8,855,000

  • Data available: 2012-2017

  • Contaminants Found: 124

 

EWG's drinking water quality report for New Jersey shows results of tests conducted by the water utilities in New Jersey and provided to EWG by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

LARGE UTILITIES
ALL UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS
LARGE UTILITIES WITH VIOLATIONS

Below are utilities in New Jersey serving over 10,000 people, listed alphabetically. Click the "more" button below to get the full list of utilities serving over 10,000 people.

Large utilities in New Jersey

UtilityLocationPeople
Served
Aqua NJ - BlackwoodErial, NJ44,396
Aqua NJ - Eastern DivisionHamilton, NJ12,000
Aqua NJ - Hamilton SquareHamilton, NJ39,128
Aqua NJ - PhillipsburgPhillipsburg, NJ26,812
Atlantic City Municipal Utilities AuthorityAtlantic City, NJ152,415
Avalon Water and Sewerage UtilitiesAvalon, NJ39,839
Barnegat Twp Water SewerBarnegat, NJ20,000
Bayonne Municipal Utilities AuthorityBayonne, NJ63,000
Beach Haven Water DepartmentBeach Haven, NJ20,000
Beachwood Water DepartmentBeachwood Boro, NJ10,802
Belleville Water DepartmentBelleville, NJ35,129
Belmar Water DepartmentBelmar, NJ20,000
Berkeley Twp MUABerkeley Twp, NJ10,001
Berlin Water DepartmentBerlin, NJ13,001
Bloomfield Water DepartmentBloomfield, NJ47,315
Bordentown Water DepartmBordentown, NJ15,821
Brick Township Municipal Utilities AuthorityBrick Twp, NJ86,898
Bridgeton City Water DepartmentBridgeton, NJ22,770
Brigantine Water DepartmentBrigantine, NJ14,450
Burlington Twp W DepartmentBurlington, NJ22,594
Cape May Water & SewerCape May, NJ35,000
Cedar Grove Water DepartmentCedar Grove, NJ12,900
Clinton Water DepartmentClinton, NJ12,500
Collingswood Water DeparCollingswood, NJ21,000
Denville Twp Water DepartmentDenville, NJ16,000
Deptford Twp MUADeptford, NJ30,561
Dover Water CommissionDover, NJ27,806
East Brunswick Water UtilityEast Brunswick Twp, NJ48,474
East Hanover Twp Water DepartmentEast Hanover Township, NJ11,393
East Orange Water CommissionEast Orange, NJ75,000
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Utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in New Jersey

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Bloomfield Water DepartmentBloomfield, NJ47,315117
Newark Water DepartmentNewark, NJ290,139108
Buttonwood Mobile Home ParkNew Gretna, NJ5571
Malaga Villa ApartmentsSummit, NJ10067
Bayshore Mobile Home ParkBradley Beach, NJ8153
Holly Tree Acres System 1Crofton, NJ30048
Upper Deerfield Township Water DepartmentSeabrook, NJ2,96443
United Mobile Homes of VinelandVineland, NJ1,60043
West Milford Township Municipal Utilities Authority Greenbrook EstatesWest Milford, NJ60042
West Milford Township Municipal Utilities Authority Crescent ParkWest Milford, NJ70031
Town Center At WantageWantage Twp, NJ4830
Mercer County Correctional CenterTrenton, NJ86029
Ancora Psychiatric HospitalAncora, NJ2,50629
New Brunswick Water DepartmentNew Brunswick, NJ55,00029
Marlboro State HospitalTitusville, NJ40029
Saddle Brook Water DepartmentSaddle Brook Twp, NJ13,15527
Southeast Morris County Municipal Utilities AuthorityCedar Knolls, NJ62,05024
Tilton Terrace Mobile HomeCrafton, NJ45624
Lacey Twp MUAForked River, NJ26,24023
Bordentown Water DepartmBordentown, NJ15,82122
Lake Stockholm Inc.Stockholm, NJ30022
Waldwick Water DepartmentWaldwick, NJ9,75721
Berlin Water DepartmentBerlin, NJ13,00120
Tower East Mobile Home ParkToms River, NJ11220
West Milford Township Municipal Utilities Authority ParkwayWest Milford, NJ11520
Livingston Twp Div of WaterLivingston Twp, NJ27,39120
Point Pleasant Water DepartmentPoint Pleasant, NJ19,60019
West Milford Township Municipal Utilities Authority AwostingWest Milford, NJ63319
Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.Pennsville, NJ13,50018
Nutley Water DepartmentNutley, NJ29,50018

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2016 to March 2019 in New Jersey

The Environmental Protection Agency's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) database collects compliance and enforcement-related information for drinking water utilities nationwide. ECHO water quality violation scores take into account federal health-based water quality standards, as well as monitoring, reporting and other drinking water quality requirements. Points are accrued based on specific problems at the utility - violations of health-based drinking water standards receive more points than monitoring and reporting violations - and the length of time until the violations were corrected.

UtilityLocationPeople
Served		Violation
Points
Bloomfield Water DepartmentBloomfield, NJ47,315117
Newark Water DepartmentNewark, NJ290,139108
New Brunswick Water DepartmentNew Brunswick, NJ55,00029
Saddle Brook Water DepartmentSaddle Brook Twp, NJ13,15527
Southeast Morris County Municipal Utilities AuthorityCedar Knolls, NJ62,05024
Lacey Twp MUAForked River, NJ26,24023
Bordentown Water DepartmBordentown, NJ15,82122
Livingston Twp Div of WaterLivingston Twp, NJ27,39120
Berlin Water DepartmentBerlin, NJ13,00120
Point Pleasant Water DepartmentPoint Pleasant, NJ19,60019
Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.Pennsville, NJ13,50018
Nutley Water DepartmentNutley, NJ29,50018
Keansburg Water & Sewer DepartmentKeansburg, NJ10,10517
Atlantic City Municipal Utilities AuthorityAtlantic City, NJ152,41517
East Orange Water CommissionEast Orange, NJ75,00016
Point Pleasant Beach Water DepartmentPoint Pleasant Beach, NJ12,00013
Franklin Township Department of Public WorksSomerset, NJ56,30013
Ocean Twp Department of UtilitiesWaretown, NJ15,41912
Merchantville PennsaukenPennsauken, NJ47,14412
Wallington Water DepartmentWallington, NJ11,58312
Jersey City Municipal Utilities AuthorityLake Hiawatha, NJ262,00010
Totowa Water DepartmentTotowa Borough, NJ10,8049
Garfield Water DepartmentGarfield, NJ30,4879
Dover Water CommissionDover, NJ27,8068
JBMDL-Dix Main SystemJoint Base Mdl, NJ12,7658
Randolph Twp Public Works DepartmentRandolph Twp, NJ14,8208
Ship Bottom Water DepartManahawkin, NJ15,0008
Lakewood Twp MUALakewood, NJ21,7508
Passaic Valley WC Lodi WDClifton, NJ24,1367
Stone Harbor Water DepartmentStone Harbor, NJ31,0007

Contaminants found in New Jersey above health guidelines

Found above health guidelinesFound
Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		4828,765,7494878,770,261

Bromodichloromethane		4628,740,6814728,756,771

Dibromochloromethane		4508,680,7344688,724,198

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)		4408,512,3984448,540,429

Chloroform		4218,428,8074978,767,673

Dichloroacetic acid		3718,203,9684038,450,552

Trichloroacetic acid		3177,947,5783338,102,988

Dibromoacetic acid		3387,698,0063518,012,626

Chromium (hexavalent)		2027,540,5772158,141,078

Nitrate and nitrite		1855,195,5062186,180,785

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		4095,117,8434095,116,095

Nitrate		2965,019,5853546,366,704

Arsenic		2554,474,4662534,472,258

Bromoform		1873,113,5923587,322,957

Bromate		423,016,916423,016,916

Uranium		842,047,9591223,884,931

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)		251,620,414241,620,206

1,4-Dioxane		191,004,5491134,969,739

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)		8884,136101,103,566

Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS)		4771,4804771,480

Chlorate		28711,4852198,152,235

Chlorite		13465,84913465,849

Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)		16339,21329651,615

1,2,3-Trichloropropane		7317,49910381,114

Thallium		33305,580971,184,018

Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)		5249,7298868,794

Strontium		1233,3762308,379,298

Cadmium		35163,93369540,902

Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)		482,045482,045

Trichloroethylene		351,257301,007,403

Manganese		2045,2213497,269,257

Aluminum		232,0003297,046,259

Carbon tetrachloride		221,30610390,777

1,2-Dichloroethane		121,00011142,016

Radon		114,000114,000

Antimony		19,757521,334,889

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)		12,96412,964

Barium		28364887,820,364

Benzene		3550865,809

Styrene		1400226,640

Mercury (inorganic)		12501041,122,300

Vinyl chloride		170221,070

Contaminants found in New Jersey above legal limits

Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)		147,315

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)		12,201

Nitrate		21,900

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)		3414

Uranium		1400

Mercury (inorganic)		1250