Is LAKE COMO WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
LAKE COMO WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,000 people get their water from it, across 1,084 connections.
How this compares nationally
30 total violations and 4 health-based ones put LAKE COMO WATER DEPT at the 68th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,109 of 12,903.
How LAKE COMO WATER DEPT compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - LAKE COMO WATER DEPT's 4 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LAKE COMO WATER DEPT is from 2021-01-06 (health-based: 2019-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKE COMO WATER DEPT'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is LAKE COMO WATER DEPT'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 30 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.