Is BOROUGH OF CLAYTON's water safe to drink?

BOROUGH OF CLAYTON's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 8,179, over 2,748 connections.

BOROUGH OF CLAYTON's record against the rest of the country

BOROUGH OF CLAYTON has 88 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 9,424th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 27th percentile nationally.

Against the NJ average

NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; BOROUGH OF CLAYTON carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

BOROUGH OF CLAYTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What BOROUGH OF CLAYTON's record does not cover

This is what BOROUGH OF CLAYTON reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BOROUGH OF CLAYTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,424th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.