Community Water System · PWS NJ0239001
Pvwc-North Arlington
Operator location Clifton, New Jersey - 32% of 56 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 15,392 served per SDWIS.
- 15,392
- People served (this PWS)
- 56
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 18
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Pvwc-North Arlington standing, mid SDWIS violation third
32% of 56 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 32% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #3,383 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Pvwc-North Arlington lands in the middle third by violation volume (56), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (15,392; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 32% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #3,383 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #110 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 56
- Total EPA violations on record
- 32%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,962
- County
- Bergen
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 18
- Monitoring Violations
- 35
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 18 | 2015 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2005 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1998 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 1 | 1981 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1981 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 1 | 1981 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 1 | 1981 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 1981 |
| Endrin | MR | 1 | 1981 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Pvwc-North Arlington has 56 recorded EPA violations, 60% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 40% carry more. 32% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 56), and it ranks #3,383 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
56 Around the middle fewer violations than 40% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 17 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFMPA | 8/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/11/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/11/2025 | 6.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/11/2025 | 6.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/11/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/11/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/11/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/11/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/11/2025 | 4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/11/2025 | 5.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/11/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/11/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/11/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/7/2025 | 6.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/7/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/7/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/7/2025 | 4.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/7/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/7/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/7/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/7/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/7/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/7/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/7/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/7/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/7/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/7/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/7/2025 | 4.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
Health-based violations on Pvwc-North Arlington
18 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ0239001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
56 violations · 15,392 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Pvwc-North Arlington
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