DOVER WATER COMMISSION: EPA violation history, explained
DOVER WATER COMMISSION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 27,806 people get their water from it, across 6,654 connections.
DOVER WATER COMMISSION's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DOVER WATER COMMISSION ranks 1,861th by violation burden (86th percentile) - 394 violations total, 10 health-baseds.
How DOVER WATER COMMISSION compares within NJ
DOVER WATER COMMISSION's 10 health-based violations sit above 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 DOVER WATER COMMISSION is from 2026-01-09 (health-based: 2013-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DOVER WATER COMMISSION'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
Everything on this page is DOVER WATER COMMISSION's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and DOVER WATER COMMISSION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,861th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.