What's in NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP's water?
NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,000 people get their water from it, across 2,028 connections.
NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP ranks 4,910th by violation burden (62th percentile) - 31 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP carries 3, not more than typical for the state. 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 CALDWELL WATER DEP is from 2026-11-02 (health-based: 2008-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP'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)
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 CALDWELL WATER DEP'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 - 3 health-based violations on file for NORTH CALDWELL WATER DEP - 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.