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Ocean County, New Jersey

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NJ029 · Ocean County 214 sys · 10,195 viol · #94/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #94/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.9 pp
  • PFAS-MID 28.6% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-LARGE 214 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sussex County (+ 0.9 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ocean County ranks #94 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 21 counties in New Jersey. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ocean County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 28.6% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #94 of 3,254 · #4 of 21 in New Jersey.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ocean County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Ocean · this county · lowest Monmouth · near Gloucester · near 91.1% 92.1% 92.6% 94.3% 94.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River 123,184 57 Detected
Brick Township Mua 86,898 35 Detected
Jackson Twp Mua 37,224 70 Clean
Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West 30,603 256 Clean
Lacey Twp Mua 29,000 212 Clean
Lakewood Twp Mua 27,614 84 Detected
Long Beach Twp Brant Bea 25,295 562 Clean
Lavallette Water Dept 25,000 44 Clean
Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu 24,215 55 Clean
Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern 23,980 83 Detected
Beach Haven Water Dept 20,000 23 Clean
Seaside Heights Water DE 20,000 32 Clean
Barnegat Twp Water Sewer 20,000 204 Clean
Point Pleasant Water Department 19,600 294 Detected
Manchester Twp Water Utility - Western 15,613 23 Detected
Ocean Twp Dept of Utilities 15,419 98 Clean
Seaside Park Water Dept 15,000 306 Clean
Ship Bottom Water Depart 15,000 40 Clean
Aqua NJ - Eastern Division 12,000 98 Detected
Point Pleasant Beach Water Department 12,000 45 Detected
Berkeley Twp Mua 11,792 112 Clean
Beachwood Water Dept 10,802 164 Clean
Surf City Water Dept 10,000 118 Clean
Jackson Premium Outlets 9,263 179 Clean
Shore Water Company 6,600 41 Clean
Harvey Cedars Water Dept 6,360 64 Clean
Tuckerton Water & Sewer Dept 6,285 132 Clean
Barnegat Light Water Dep 4,148 67 Clean
NJ American Water - New Egypt 3,495 3 -
Ocean Gate Water Dept 3,200 149 -
Jbmdl - Lakehurst 2,903 96 -
Lakehurst Water Dept 2,650 21 -
Miller Airport Fairgrounds 2,304 19 -
Pine Beach Water Dept 2,130 12 -
Cedar Glen Lakes Water C 2,126 45 -
Wawa #979 2,035 12 -
Long Beach Twp WD Holgat 2,000 255 -
Island Heights Water Dep 1,750 44 -
Pinewood Estates-Brightn 1,493 123 -
Cedar Glen West Water Co 1,300 91 -
Long Beach Twp High Bar Harbor 1,230 19 -
Sunoco #7021 0014-3248 1,220 21 -
Laurita Winery 1,010 26 -
Elms Elementary School 980 0 -
Sea Pirate Light Cg (Wel 915 7 -
Long Beach Twp North Beach 800 40 -
Patriots Park 752 6 -
Chedar Toras Zev 650 323 -
South Wind Mobile Home V 625 42 -
Potters Square 620 17 -

Compare beyond New Jersey

Lower-flagged peers for Ocean County

Cross-state counties nearest Ocean County on flagged-system share (91.1%) and cumulative violation count (10,195). 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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