Spotswood W Dept, NJ Water Quality
Spotswood W Dept: EPA violation history, explained
Spotswood W 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: 8,300, over 2,137 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Spotswood W Dept ranks 7,425th by violation burden (42th percentile) - 52 violations total, 1 health-based.
How Spotswood W Dept compares within NJ
Among the 273 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.2 health-based violations - Spotswood W Dept's 1 is at or below 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 Spotswood W Dept is from 2024-03-02 (health-based: 2012-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Spotswood W 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
This is what Spotswood W Dept 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 52 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.