Is CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
CEDAR GROVE 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. 12,900 people get their water from it, across 4,082 connections.
How this compares nationally
CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT has 64 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,765th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 63th percentile nationally.
Against the NJ average
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-10-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
CEDAR GROVE 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
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CEDAR GROVE WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 64 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.