Is VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's water safe to drink?
VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 792,713, over 193,600 connections.
VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's record against the rest of the country
VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK has 56 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,887th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 54th percentile nationally.
Against the NJ average
VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's 2 health-based violations sit within the NJ average of 5.3, across 270 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK'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: 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 VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's record does not cover
Everything on this page is VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY HACKENSACK's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,887th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.