What's in PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT's water?
PARK RIDGE WATER 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: 16,466, over 5,066 connections.
PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
380 total violations and 2 health-based ones put PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,638 of 12,903.
How PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT compares within NJ
PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT's 2 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. 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 PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT is from 2026-07-07 (health-based: 2014-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PARK RIDGE WATER 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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Cadmium
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
Everything on this page is PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and PARK RIDGE WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,638th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.