What's in PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION's water?
PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 310,483 people through 53,421 service connections.
PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION's record against the rest of the country
PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION has 25 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,615th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
How PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION carries 12, 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 PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2021-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 12 health-based violations on file for PASSAIC VALLEY WATER COMMISSION - 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.