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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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New Jersey

  • 573 Utilities

  • Serving: 8,844,000

  • Data available: 2014-2019

  • Contaminants Found: 126

 

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, NJ26,682
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, NJ10,802
Belleville Water DepartmentBelleville, NJ35,129
Belmar Water DepartmentBelmar, NJ20,000
Berkeley Twp MUABerkeley Twp, NJ11,235
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, NJ24,500
Denville Twp Water DepartmentDenville, NJ15,881
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 2019 to March 2021 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
Upper Deerfield Township Water DepartmentSeabrook, NJ2,46351
Manor Water AssociationsMantua, NJ7533
Chapman Manufactured HousingVineland, NJ37530
Newark Water DepartmentNewark, NJ294,27421
Mount Olive Township Water Department PinecrestBudd Lake, NJ64819
Trenton Water WorksTrenton, NJ217,00017
Passaic Valley Water Commission High CrestClifton, NJ1,13215
Tips Trailer Park & SaleBridgeton, NJ45015
Allendale Water DepartmentHaworth, NJ6,70215
Mount Olive Township Tinc FarmBudd Lake, NJ59714
Fairfield Water DepartmentFairfield, NJ7,40013
Belleville Water DepartmentBelleville, NJ35,12912
Delilah Terrace Mobile Home ParkPittsford, NJ21011
Morris Chase/morris Hunt PcwsBudd Lake, NJ1,08011
Mount Olive Township Water Department SandBudd Lake, NJ74411
Jersey City Municipal Utilities AuthorityHoboken, NJ262,00011
Burlington City Water DepartmentBurlington, NJ9,83511
Swan Lake ResortNew River, NJ7010
Parkwood Branch TerracesVineland, NJ88510
Parsippany-Troy Hills Water DepartmentParsippany, NJ50,40010
Jackson Towwship MUAJackson, NJ35,42410
Mount Olive Water Department LBudd Lake, NJ579
Stillwater Water District 1Stillwater, NJ1,2009
Hoffman HomesDover, NJ1209
Mount Olive Township Water Department VillageBudd Lake, NJ3,6009
Bloomfield Water DepartmentBloomfield, NJ47,3159
New Brunswick Water DepartmentNew Brunswick, NJ55,0008
Mount Olive Township Water Department MainBudd Lake, NJ7,8877
Wallington Water DepartmentWallington, NJ11,5837
Stockton Water DepartmentStockton, NJ6507

Large utilities that accumulated/accrued the most violation points as of April 2019 to March 2021 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
Newark Water DepartmentNewark, NJ294,27421
Trenton Water WorksTrenton, NJ217,00017
Belleville Water DepartmentBelleville, NJ35,12912
Jersey City Municipal Utilities AuthorityHoboken, NJ262,00011
Parsippany-Troy Hills Water DepartmentParsippany, NJ50,40010
Jackson Towwship MUAJackson, NJ35,42410
Bloomfield Water DepartmentBloomfield, NJ47,3159
New Brunswick Water DepartmentNew Brunswick, NJ55,0008
East Hanover Twp Water DepartmentEast Hanover Township, NJ11,3937
Wallington Water DepartmentWallington, NJ11,5837
Nutley Water DepartmentNutley, NJ29,5006
Sparta Twp Water Utility - Lake MohawkSparta, NJ17,6286
Verona Water DepartmentChatham, NJ13,6416
Middlesex Water CompanyIselin, NJ233,3766
Lincoln Park Water DepartmentLincoln Park, NJ11,0005
Ridgewood WaterRidgewood, NJ61,7005
Lower Township Municipal Utilities AuthorityVillas, NJ10,3155
West Caldwell Water DepartmentWest Caldwell, NJ10,7595
Gloucester City W DepartmentGloucester City, NJ12,4604
Wildwood City Water DepartmentWildwood, NJ218,4724
Livingston Twp Div of WaterLivingston Twp, NJ27,3913
Medford Twp Department of MuniMedford, NJ17,2723
Belmar Water DepartmentBelmar, NJ20,0003
Ramsey Water DepartmentRamsey, NJ15,2073
Pequannock Twp Water DepartmentPompton Plains, NJ14,0103
Hamilton Township MUAMays Landing, NJ21,7203
Deptford Twp MUADeptford, NJ30,5613
Lacey Twp MUAForked River, NJ26,2403
Wanaque Water DepartmentWanaque, NJ10,2663
Aqua NJ - Hamilton SquareHamilton, NJ39,1282

Contaminants found in New Jersey above health guidelines

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

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
4978,799,5255008,799,725

Bromodichloromethane
4718,776,5934768,777,881

Dibromochloromethane
4568,739,0314738,771,271

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
4338,699,7884358,712,235

Chloroform
4408,415,2254998,787,919

Dichloroacetic acid
3748,273,5903978,540,445

Trichloroacetic acid
2957,851,7303048,034,299

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)
2117,701,8842308,335,645

Chromium (hexavalent)
2017,535,0182148,135,519

Dibromoacetic acid
2937,076,6803027,663,943

Nitrate
3246,426,2803867,435,844

Nitrate and nitrite
2135,740,3832316,072,115

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
3844,994,0323834,992,032

Arsenic
1573,968,7891553,966,581

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
1643,223,4412023,603,498

Bromate
423,018,354423,018,354

Bromoform
1923,001,7453527,283,087

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
2422,834,1722412,833,964

Uranium
972,075,1461083,048,387

1,4-Dioxane
201,027,5391144,965,426

Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS)
4771,4804771,480

Chlorate
27711,3662188,146,676

Chlorite
15488,80015488,800

1,2,3-Trichloropropane
14349,65019406,633

Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)
5249,7298868,794

Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
23183,159591,506,176

Cadmium
19118,62522172,375

Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
8106,51919617,228

Chloromethane
342,26032250,985

Ethylene dibromide
236,900862,688

Aluminum
436,7662026,314,688

Manganese
1633,3034238,518,411

Trichloroethylene
322,37022368,956

Radon
114,000114,000

Thallium
37,95612205,867

1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP)
12,46312,463

Barium
12,0354527,736,287

Benzene
1250432,050

Carbon tetrachloride
110010420,184

Antimony
1901082,607

Beryllium
17538522,348

Vinyl chloride
170170

Contaminants found in New Jersey above legal limits

Contaminant# of UtilitiesPeople Served

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
147,315

Barium
12,035

Uranium
1400

Radium, combined (-226 & -228)
2359