WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
WOODLAND PARK 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 2,020 service connections.
WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
28 total violations and 4 health-based ones put WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT at the 68th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,125 of 12,903.
How WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT compares within NJ
NJ's 270 covered systems average 5.3 health-based violations each; WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT carries 4, not more than typical for the state. 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 WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2025-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WOODLAND PARK 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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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
Everything on this page is WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT'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 WOODLAND PARK WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,125th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.