WANAQUE W DEPT.: EPA violation history, explained
WANAQUE W DEPT. had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 10,266 people get their water from it, across 3,668 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
156 total violations and 9 health-based ones put WANAQUE W DEPT. at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,053 of 12,903.
How WANAQUE W DEPT. compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; WANAQUE W DEPT. carries 9, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WANAQUE W DEPT. is from 2026-07-03 (health-based: 2024-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WANAQUE 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
WANAQUE W DEPT.'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 WANAQUE W DEPT.'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,053th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.