Is PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 14,010 people through 4,608 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
168 total violations and 10 health-based ones put PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT at the 85th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,872 of 12,903.
How PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT compares within NJ
PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT's 10 health-based violations sit above the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. 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 PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2019-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT'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. Between the utility's meter and PEQUANNOCK TWP WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,872th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.