DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's water?

GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 30,487, over 6,471 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT has 69 violations on record in total, 13 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,428th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 89th percentile nationally.

Against the NJ average

NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT carries 13, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-03-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

The concern categories on record

GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT'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:

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 GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover

Everything on this page is GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 13 health-based violations on file for GARFIELD WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.