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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 270 covered systems average 5.3 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:

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.