Ogdensburg W Dept, NJ Water Quality
Is Ogdensburg W Dept's water safe to drink?
Ogdensburg W Dept has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,800, over 880 connections.
How this compares nationally
221 total violations and 2 health-based ones put Ogdensburg W Dept at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,681 of 12,903.
How Ogdensburg W Dept compares within NJ
Among the 273 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.2 health-based violations - Ogdensburg W Dept's 2 is at or below 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 Ogdensburg W Dept is from 2025-01-01 (health-based: 2010-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Ogdensburg 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)
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
This is what Ogdensburg W Dept reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for Ogdensburg 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.