Is BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER's water safe to drink?
BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 20,000, over 6,073 connections.
BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER's record against the rest of the country
105 total violations and 2 health-based ones put BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER at the 55th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,768 of 12,903.
Against the NJ average
BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER's 2 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER'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: Coliform (TCR)
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 BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for BARNEGAT TWP WATER SEWER - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.