Is BOROUGH OF WOODBINE's water safe to drink?
BOROUGH OF WOODBINE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,650 people through 534 service connections.
How this compares nationally
67 total violations and 6 health-based ones put BOROUGH OF WOODBINE at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,963 of 12,903.
How BOROUGH OF WOODBINE compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; BOROUGH OF WOODBINE carries 6, 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 BOROUGH OF WOODBINE is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2025-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BOROUGH OF WOODBINE'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)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BOROUGH OF WOODBINE 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 WOODBINE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,963th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.