What's in MILLTOWN W DEPT's water?
MILLTOWN W DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 7,000 people through 2,600 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MILLTOWN W DEPT ranks 1,134th by violation burden (91th percentile) - 69 violations total, 16 health-baseds.
How MILLTOWN W DEPT compares within NJ
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - MILLTOWN W DEPT's 16 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MILLTOWN W DEPT is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MILLTOWN W 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Barium
- 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
MILLTOWN W DEPT'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. Between the utility's meter and MILLTOWN W DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,134th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.