Is WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?
WESTVILLE 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. It serves 6,000 people through 1,850 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
43 total violations and 4 health-based ones put WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT at the 69th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,043 of 12,903.
How WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT compares within NJ
WESTVILLE 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
The last violation EPA has on record for WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2026-07-03 (health-based: 2022-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WESTVILLE 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
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Barium
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT'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. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for WESTVILLE WATER DEPARTMENT - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.