Is TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE's water safe to drink?
TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 55,000 people get their water from it, across 18,000 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE ranks 7,779th by violation burden (40th percentile) - 22 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the NJ average
Among the 270 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1995-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE'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
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE's record does not cover
TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE'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. Between the utility's meter and TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,779th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.