Is NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT's water safe to drink?
NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 43,905 people through 10,718 service connections.
NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT's record against the rest of the country
56 total violations and 2 health-based ones put NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,888 of 12,903.
How NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT compares within NJ
NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT's 2 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 1994-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH BRUNSWICK 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
NORTH BRUNSWICK 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for NORTH BRUNSWICK W DEPT - 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.