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Passaic County, New Jersey

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NJ031 · Passaic County 151 sys · 10,406 viol · #139/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 98.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 11.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #139/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-LARGE 151 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Bergen County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Passaic County ranks #139 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 21 counties in New Jersey. See methodology · corpus placement.

Passaic County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 98.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 11.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #139 of 3,254 · #9 of 21 in New Jersey.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Passaic County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Ocean · lowest Camden · near Passaic · this county 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
Passaic Valley Water Commission 310,483 52 Detected
Township of Wayne 55,000 42 Detected
Hawthorne Water Department 19,458 640 Detected
Manchester Utilities Authority 12,000 194 Detected
Pompton Lakes Mua 11,435 568 Detected
NJ American Water - Little Falls 11,247 11 Detected
Totowa W Dept 10,804 93 Detected
Wanaque W Dept. 10,266 420 Detected
Ringwood Water Department 9,327 644 Detected
Bloomingdale Water Dept 7,742 58 Detected
Butler Water Dept 7,630 379 Detected
Woodland Park Water Department 6,000 56 Detected
Ringwood State Park 2,500 33 -
Veolia Water NJ - Olde Milford Est 1,577 385 -
West Milford High School 1,530 44 -
Veolia Water NJ Bald Eagle Commons 1,444 13 -
Veolia Water NJ-Bald Eagle Village 1,258 64 -
Passaic Valley W C High Crest 1,132 83 -
Dunkin Donuts 1,014 53 -
Dunkin Donuts 46 992 18 -
Macopin Middle School 862 58 -
Dunkin Donuts 811 3 -
West Milford Shopping Center 725 132 -
Veolia Water New Jersey - Crescent Park 700 254 -
Veolia Water New Jersey - Awosting 633 582 -
Spring Lake Day Camp 608 87 -
Veolia Water NJ Greenbrook Estates 600 118 -
McDonalds Restaurant 525 49 -
Tj Max 515 1 -
Popeye's Woodland Park 514 0 -
Westbrook Elementary School 496 58 -
Pvwc-Postbrook 458 52 -
Maple Road Elementary School 441 77 -
Marshall Hill Elem School 422 39 -
Paradise Knoll Elem School 417 86 -
Upper Greenwood Lk Elem School 402 57 -
Bubbling Springs Park 400 25 -
Bearfort Shopping Village 345 11 -
Dairy Queen 304 11 -
Hewitt Elementary School 303 84 -
Lukoil 57360 303 23 -
Walgreens 285 58 -
Happy Times Day Care 280 9 -
Montclair YMCA Day Camp/Off We 280 14 -
Montclair YMCA Day Camp-Lower 280 28 -
Montclair YMCA Day Camp-Upper 280 17 -
Erskine Elementary School 269 81 -
The Philadelphia Church Minist 254 51 -
Holland Christian Home 250 351 -
Grace Fellowship Church 225 88 -

Compare beyond New Jersey

Mid-flagged peers for Passaic County

Cross-state counties nearest Passaic County on flagged-system share (98.0%) and cumulative violation count (10,406). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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