What's in JERSEY CITY MUA's water?
JERSEY CITY MUA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 262,000 people get their water from it, across 36,000 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, JERSEY CITY MUA ranks 3,479th by violation burden (73th percentile) - 37 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How JERSEY CITY MUA compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; JERSEY CITY MUA carries 5, 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 JERSEY CITY MUA is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 2020-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JERSEY CITY MUA'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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 JERSEY CITY MUA 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. Between the utility's meter and JERSEY CITY MUA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,479th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.