What's in ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT's water?
ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,200, over 758 connections.
ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT has 61 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,382th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 43th percentile nationally.
Against the NJ average
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 1989-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
ESSEX FELLS 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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT's record does not cover
ESSEX FELLS WATER DEPT'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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for ESSEX FELLS 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.