Is BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
BRIDGETON CITY 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. Population served: 22,770, over 7,087 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
480 total violations and 55 health-based ones put BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT at the 98th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 226 of 12,903.
How BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT carries 55, 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 BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 2025-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BRIDGETON CITY 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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 1,2-Dichloroethane; Benzene; Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 55 health-based violations on file for BRIDGETON CITY WATER DEPT - 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.