Is PENNINGTON W DEPT's water safe to drink?

PENNINGTON W DEPT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 2,600 people get their water from it, across 968 connections.

PENNINGTON W DEPT's record against the rest of the country

PENNINGTON W DEPT has 419 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 9,243th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 28th percentile nationally.

How PENNINGTON W DEPT compares within NJ

Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - PENNINGTON W DEPT's 0 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for PENNINGTON W DEPT is from 2025-08-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What this data is and is not

PENNINGTON 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 - 0 health-based violations on file for PENNINGTON 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.