Is HACKETTSTOWN MUA's water safe to drink?

HACKETTSTOWN MUA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 22,000, over 5,591 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HACKETTSTOWN MUA ranks 5,774th by violation burden (55th percentile) - 100 violations total, 2 health-baseds.

Against the NJ average

Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - HACKETTSTOWN MUA's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

HACKETTSTOWN MUA's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

The concern categories on record

HACKETTSTOWN MUA'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 HACKETTSTOWN MUA's record does not cover

HACKETTSTOWN MUA'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 HACKETTSTOWN MUA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,774th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.