PlainWater

Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NJ0320303

Shawnee High SC

Operator location Shamong, New Jersey - 0% of 64 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 2,047 served per SDWIS.

2,047
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
64
EPA violations (this PWS) Middle third of systems
0
Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Follow published updates (RSS)

Shawnee High SC standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 64 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #13,387 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Shawnee High SC lands in the middle third by violation volume (64), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,047 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#13,387 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#303 of 689
Population · NJ
64
Total EPA violations on record
0%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

B-
Water Safety Score
66/100
Shawnee High SC

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations A+
0
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
64
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1
County
Burlington
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
63
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 10 2002
Benzene MR 3 1997
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 1997
Vinyl chloride MR 3 1997
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 1997
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 1997
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 1997
Trichloroethylene MR 3 1997
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 1997
Lead and Copper Rule MR 2 2024
Nitrate MR 2 1982
Xylenes, Total MR 1 1997
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 1997
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 1997
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1997
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 1997
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 1997
Ethylbenzene MR 1 1997
Arsenic MR 1 1999
Barium MR 1 1999
CYANIDE MR 1 1999
Fluoride MR 1 1999
Mercury MR 1 1999
Nickel MR 1 1999
Thallium, Total MR 1 1999
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1997
Styrene MR 1 1997
Selenium MR 1 1999
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 1997
Cadmium MR 1 1999

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Shawnee High SC has 64 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 37% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 64), and it ranks #13,387 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)

64 Around the middle fewer violations than 37% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Shawnee High SC plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Shawnee High SC-64, 0%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Shawnee High SC

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ0320303.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

64 violations · 2,047 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Shawnee High SC

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

  • See how every tracked system in New Jersey compares on the same EPA violation measures. New Jersey systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.