Is LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 11,000 people get their water from it, across 3,472 connections.
LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT has 45 violations on record in total, 15 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,230th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
How LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT's 15 is above 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 LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT is from 2026-07-03 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LINCOLN PARK 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT 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 LINCOLN PARK WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,230th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.