LAKEWOOD TWP MUA: EPA violation history, explained
LAKEWOOD TWP MUA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 27,614 people get their water from it, across 10,644 connections.
LAKEWOOD TWP MUA's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, LAKEWOOD TWP MUA ranks 5,989th by violation burden (54th percentile) - 38 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How LAKEWOOD TWP MUA compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; LAKEWOOD TWP MUA carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 LAKEWOOD TWP MUA is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2002-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAKEWOOD TWP 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)
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 LAKEWOOD TWP 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 LAKEWOOD TWP MUA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,989th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.