Longport Water Department

Water Quality Snapshot: Longport Water Department

Longport Water Department is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 10,777 residents in Longport, New Jersey (Atlantic County) through 1,192 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 20 total violations for this system , of which 4 (20%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 12 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2017.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Consumer Confidence Rule, recorded in 4 violations (Other). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across New Jersey, EPA tracks 3,428 public water systems serving 9,570,926 people, with 204,988 cumulative violations and 22,229 health-based violations on record. About 95% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 59.8 violations. Statewide, 208 of 264 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (78.8%).

Longport Water Department's 20 violations sit below the New Jersey average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.