What's in KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 41,664, over 8,016 connections.
KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT has 24 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,148th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 52th percentile nationally.
Against the NJ average
KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT's 2 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-05-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2023-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
KEARNY 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Selenium
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is KEARNY WATER DEPARTMENT'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 24 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.