Is TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT's water safe to drink?
TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,285 people through 1,831 service connections.
TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT has 109 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,760th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 55th percentile nationally.
How TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT compares within NJ
TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT's 2 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 TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER DEPT is from 2027-06-12 (health-based: 2006-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER 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 TUCKERTON WATER & SEWER 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 109 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.