Is HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,400, over 1,733 connections.
How this compares nationally
36 total violations and 1 health-based ones put HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT at the 41th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,581 of 12,903.
How HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT'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 HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2021-01-07 (health-based: 2012-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT'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
This is what HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT 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 - 1 health-based violation on file for HIGHTSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.