Is JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH's water safe to drink?
JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,600, over 2,637 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
254 total violations and 21 health-based ones put JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH at the 94th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 834 of 12,903.
How JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH compares within PA
PA's 475 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH carries 21, 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 SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH is from 2026-01-03 (health-based: 2018-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH'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: Groundwater Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
JERSEY SHORE AREA JNT WAT AUTH'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 254 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.