What's in MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE's water?
MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 9,084 people get their water from it, across 2,840 connections.
MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE's record against the rest of the country
MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE has 159 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,295th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 82th percentile nationally.
How MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE's 8 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE is from 2022-06-12 (health-based: 2022-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE'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. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for MATAWAN BOROUGH WATER DE - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.