Is ATLANTIC CITY MUA's water safe to drink?
ATLANTIC CITY MUA had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 152,415, over 7,775 connections.
ATLANTIC CITY MUA's record against the rest of the country
57 total violations and 4 health-based ones put ATLANTIC CITY MUA at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,007 of 12,903.
How ATLANTIC CITY MUA compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; ATLANTIC CITY MUA carries 4, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ATLANTIC CITY MUA is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2024-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ATLANTIC CITY MUA's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
ATLANTIC CITY MUA's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ATLANTIC CITY MUA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,007th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.