DrinkingWaterCheck

Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility, NJ Water Quality

Is Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility's water safe to drink?

Past violation
7 health-based violations

Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 22,150 people through 4,635 service connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility ranks 2,582th by violation burden (80th percentile) - 72 violations total, 7 health-based.

How Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility compares within NJ

Among the 273 NJ systems in this dataset, the average is 5.2 health-based violations - Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility's 7 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility'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:

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 Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility 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. Between the utility's meter and Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,582th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.