Is EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 9,900 people get their water from it, across 3,650 connections.
EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT has 20 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,829th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 39th percentile nationally.
How EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT compares within NJ
EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT's 1 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT is from 2013-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST GREENWICH TWP 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)
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 EAST GREENWICH TWP WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for EAST GREENWICH TWP 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.