What's in SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT's water?
SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 13,155 people through 5,400 service connections.
How this compares nationally
SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT has 75 violations on record in total, 13 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,425th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 89th percentile nationally.
Against the NJ average
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT's 13 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-06-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
SADDLE BROOK 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT's record does not cover
SADDLE BROOK WATER DEPT'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 75 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.