Bordentown Water Departm

Water Quality Snapshot: Bordentown Water Departm

Bordentown Water Departm is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 15,821 residents in Bordentown, New Jersey (Burlington County) through 5,180 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 241 total violations for this system , of which 45 (19%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 181 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2025.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Lead and Copper Rule, recorded in 23 violations (MR). 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%).

Bordentown Water Departm's 241 violations sit above 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.