What's in RIDGEWOOD WATER's water?
RIDGEWOOD WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 61,700 people get their water from it, across 20,481 connections.
RIDGEWOOD WATER's record against the rest of the country
283 total violations and 12 health-based ones put RIDGEWOOD WATER at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,529 of 12,903.
How RIDGEWOOD WATER compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; RIDGEWOOD WATER 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 RIDGEWOOD WATER is from 2026-08-08 (health-based: 2019-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RIDGEWOOD WATER'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
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene
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
This is what RIDGEWOOD WATER 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. Between the utility's meter and RIDGEWOOD WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,529th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.