HAMMONTON WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
HAMMONTON WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 12,153 people get their water from it, across 3,845 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HAMMONTON WATER DEPT ranks 404th by violation burden (97th percentile) - 300 violations total, 38 health-baseds.
Against the NJ average
HAMMONTON WATER DEPT's 38 health-based violations sit above the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
HAMMONTON WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-10-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2023-10-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
HAMMONTON 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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE; Tetrachloroethylene
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What HAMMONTON WATER DEPT's record does not cover
This is what HAMMONTON WATER DEPT 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 - 38 health-based violations on file for HAMMONTON 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.