Harrison W Dept, NJ Water Quality
Harrison W Dept: EPA violation history, explained
Harrison W 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: 14,425, over 2,830 connections.
Harrison W Dept's record against the rest of the country
30 total violations and 3 health-based ones put Harrison W Dept at the 62th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,918 of 12,903.
How Harrison W Dept compares within NJ
NJ's 273 covered systems average 5.2 health-based violations each; Harrison W Dept carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Harrison W Dept is from 2024-08-04 (health-based: 2011-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Harrison W 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
Harrison W 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 - 3 health-based violations on file for Harrison W 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.