WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 10,759, over 3,835 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
36 total violations and 4 health-based ones put WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT at the 68th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,072 of 12,903.
Against the NJ average
WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT's 4 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
WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-07-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT'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
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what WEST CALDWELL WATER DEPARTMENT 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 36 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.