Is RED BANK WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
RED BANK 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: 12,520, over 4,078 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, RED BANK WATER DEPT ranks 4,660th by violation burden (64th percentile) - 169 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How RED BANK WATER DEPT compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; RED BANK WATER DEPT carries 3, not 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 RED BANK WATER DEPT is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2012-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RED BANK 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)
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 RED BANK WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for RED BANK WATER 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.