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Cape May County, New Jersey

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NJ009 · Cape May County 165 sys · 7,106 viol · #132/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #132/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-LARGE 165 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Bergen County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cape May County ranks #132 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 21 counties in New Jersey. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cape May County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #132 of 3,254 · #8 of 21 in New Jersey.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cape May County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Cape May County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Ocean · lowest Camden · near Bergen · near Hudson · highest 91.1% 96.8% 97.1% 97.6% 98% 98% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Wildwood City Water Department 218,472 165 Clean
NJ American Water - Ocean City 127,000 16 Clean
Avalon Water and Sewerage Utilities 39,839 143 Clean
Cape May Water & Sewer U 35,000 82 Clean
Stone Harbor Water Dept 30,850 308 Clean
Sea Isle City Water Department 15,800 49 Clean
Lower Twp Mua 10,315 318 Clean
NJ American Water - Cape May Court House 5,625 10 Clean
West Cape May Water Dept 4,427 43 Clean
Cape May Point Boro Wate 4,000 49 Clean
Borough of Woodbine 2,650 106 -
NJ American Water - Strathmere 1,085 20 -
Beachcomber Cg-Well #3 1,020 41 -
Ocean View Resort Campground Main 964 28 -
Dennis Twp Board of Education 910 93 -
Pine Haven Cg - Wells 5 & 6 855 22 -
Seashore Campground Well 1 815 36 -
Outdoor World Seapines-W 815 10 -
Wawa Store #470 770 1 -
Ocean View Resort - Greenbriar 768 0 -
Ocean View Resort - Trails End 764 0 -
Acorn Campground-Main We 747 19 -
Middle Twp Water District 731 15 -
Sun Big Timber Lake LLC 720 34 -
Cape Island Resort 714 30 -
Green Holly Campground 706 22 -
Middle Twp Water District 1 685 72 -
Grande Woods South Mobile H P 650 39 -
Pine Haven Campground Well 1,2,3&4 615 24 -
Whipporwill Cg Well #1 615 14 -
Bay Berry Cove Campground 604 16 -
Holly Lake Resort 603 23 -
Hideway Beach Condo/Campground 603 26 -
McDonalds of Seavillle 595 18 -
Holly Shores Campground 565 23 -
Carol Lynn Resort, Inc 550 139 -
Lake Laurie Cg-Well #5 530 21 -
Upper Twp Middle School 525 214 -
Avalon Campground Well #3 510 48 -
Lake and Shore RV Resort 0504369 510 37 -
Seashore Cg-Well #2 510 52 -
Wawa Store #465 509 7 -
Seaville Shores Campground 505 15 -
Resort Campground 504 33 -
Driftwood Cg-Well #2-Back 504 15 -
Depot Travel Park 493 41 -
Seashore Line Camper Res 453 102 -
Cedar Square Shopping Center 450 141 -
Cape May Mobile Estates 420 149 -
Flanders Hotel 418 20 -

Compare beyond New Jersey

Mid-flagged peers for Cape May County

Cross-state counties nearest Cape May County on flagged-system share (97.6%) and cumulative violation count (7,106). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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