CALDWELL WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
CALDWELL WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 9,027, over 1,917 connections.
How this compares nationally
CALDWELL WATER DEPT has 38 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,849th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.
How CALDWELL WATER DEPT compares within NJ
CALDWELL WATER DEPT's 3 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CALDWELL WATER DEPT is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2008-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CALDWELL 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
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 this data is and is not
CALDWELL WATER DEPT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for CALDWELL 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.