Is MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU's water safe to drink?
MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 40,150 people get their water from it, across 10,635 connections.
How this compares nationally
41 total violations and 1 health-based ones put MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU at the 42th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,515 of 12,903.
How MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU carries 1, not more than typical for the state. 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 MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2024-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU'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
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
Everything on this page is MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for MONTCLAIR WATER BUREAU - 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.