What's in EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION's water?
EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 75,000 people through 9,953 service connections.
How this compares nationally
EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION has 123 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,687th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.
How EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION carries 3, not more than typical for the state. 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 EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION is from 2026-06-12 (health-based: 2011-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST ORANGE 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: Tetrachloroethylene
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
EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION'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. Between the utility's meter and EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,687th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.