ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,066 people get their water from it, across 2,975 connections.
How this compares nationally
25 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,977 of 12,903.
How ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT compares within NJ
ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT's 3 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. 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 ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2014-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ROCKAWAY BORO 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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene
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 ROCKAWAY BORO WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 25 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.