Is BOONTON WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
BOONTON WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 9,532 people get their water from it, across 2,888 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
171 total violations and 9 health-based ones put BOONTON WATER DEPT at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,051 of 12,903.
Against the NJ average
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; BOONTON WATER DEPT carries 9, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
BOONTON WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
BOONTON WATER DEPT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL; Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BOONTON WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is BOONTON WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and BOONTON WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,051th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.