EDISON WATER CO: EPA violation history, explained
EDISON WATER CO had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 35,000 people get their water from it, across 11,810 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
27 total violations and 5 health-based ones put EDISON WATER CO at the 73th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,530 of 12,903.
Against the NJ average
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; EDISON WATER CO carries 5, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
EDISON WATER CO's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
EDISON WATER CO'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule; Surface Water Treatment 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 EDISON WATER CO's record does not cover
This is what EDISON WATER CO reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for EDISON WATER CO - 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.