Is GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,681 people get their water from it, across 2,200 connections.
GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
27 total violations and 1 health-based ones put GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT at the 40th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,700 of 12,903.
How GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for GLEN RIDGE WATER DEPT is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2010-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GLEN RIDGE 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
GLEN RIDGE 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 27 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.