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Salem County, New Jersey

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NJ033 · Salem County 105 sys · 5,511 viol · #762/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #762/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 75.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 105 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Hunterdon County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Salem County ranks #762 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #21 of 21 counties in New Jersey. See methodology · corpus placement.

Salem County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 18.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 75.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #762 of 3,254 · #21 of 21 in New Jersey.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Salem County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Ocean · lowest Morris · near Hunterdon · near Hudson · highest 91.1% 96% 96.1% 96.2% 96.2% 96.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
NJ American Water - Penns Grove 14,406 43 Detected
Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. 13,500 556 Detected
NJ American Water - Salem City 6,199 274 Detected
Woodstown Water Department 4,455 206 Clean
John Fenwick Rest Stop 3,109 140 -
Wawa #446 1,820 12 -
Elmer Boro W Dept 1,385 40 -
Acme Markets Inc #7920 1,290 98 -
Harding Woods MHP 1,276 182 -
Pseg Hope Creek Generating Station 1,025 32 -
Schalick High School 750 9 -
Heritages Store No 34 602 1 -
Creativity Co Laboratory Charter School 527 18 -
Salem Generating Station 525 79 -
Cowtown Bawl Inc 505 4 -
Four Seasons Campground 504 17 -
Parvin State Park - Office/Beach System 502 27 -
Salem County Fairgrounds 501 14 -
Wendys Restaurant 493 4 -
The Chemours Company Fc LLC 490 279 -
Pittsgrove Twp Middle School 485 12 -
Olivet Elementary School 477 11 -
Alloway Twp Elementary School 466 9 -
Upper Pittsgrove Elem School 435 9 -
Quinton Twp Elem School 430 20 -
Elmer Swim Club Inc 404 29 -
Four Seasons Cg - #1 400 52 -
Upper Pittsgrove Dd LLC 393 2 -
Country Food Express 365 0 -
Parvin State Park - Jaggers Point 336 66 -
Four Seasons Campground Well No. 6 325 51 -
Point 40 Diner 310 7 -
Tall Pines Camp Grounds 308 45 -
Tall Pines Campground Inc 308 16 -
Tall Pines Cg - Well 4 308 18 -
Buds Market 308 30 -
Pseg Learning and Development Center 300 6 -
Holly Tree Acres System 1 300 149 -
Country Club Estates 300 137 -
Dollar General# 22909 262 0 -
Big Oak Rehab 259 305 -
Tall Pines Campground Inc 258 80 -
Sunoco #2315 255 31 -
Camp Theodore Roosevelt (Chero 250 40 -
Picnic Grove Mobile Homes 250 175 -
Norma Elementary School 240 19 -
Lower Alloways Creek Sch 233 7 -
Parvin State Park - Island Point 208 41 -
Anderson's Country Store 203 65 -
Buds Market 200 13 -

Compare beyond New Jersey

Mid-flagged peers for Salem County

Cross-state counties nearest Salem County on flagged-system share (96.2%) and cumulative violation count (5,511). 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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