What's in WHARTON WATER DEPT's water?
WHARTON WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,342 people through 2,116 service connections.
WHARTON WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
107 total violations and 1 health-based ones put WHARTON WATER DEPT at the 44th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,236 of 12,903.
Against the NJ average
WHARTON WATER DEPT's 1 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
WHARTON WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1989-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
WHARTON WATER 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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What WHARTON WATER DEPT's record does not cover
WHARTON WATER 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for WHARTON WATER DEPT - 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.