Is JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB's water safe to drink?
JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 12,227 people get their water from it, across 3,000 connections.
How this compares nationally
144 total violations and 3 health-based ones put JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB at the 64th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,674 of 12,903.
How JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB compares within NJ
JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB's 3 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 1995-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB'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
Everything on this page is JBMDL - MCGUIRE AFB's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 144 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.