DrinkingWaterCheck

Is PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,896 people get their water from it, across 3,542 connections.

PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country

73 total violations and 11 health-based ones put PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,712 of 12,903.

How PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT compares within NJ

Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT's 11 is above 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 PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2026-06-12 (health-based: 2005-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

PITMAN 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:

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 PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT 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 - 11 health-based violations on file for PITMAN WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.