Community Water System · PWS NJ0328001
Pemberton Borough Water
Operator location Pemeberton, New Jersey - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 198 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,771 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,771
- People served (this PWS)
- 198
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Pemberton Borough Water standing, high SDWIS violation third
198 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,603 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Pemberton Borough Water sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (198), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,771 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,603 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #326 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 198
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 664
- County
- Burlington
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 189
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 15 | 2015 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 15 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2011 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2013 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2024 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2001 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Pemberton Borough Water has 198 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 198), and it ranks #14,603 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)
198 Higher than most more violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Pemberton Borough Water
198 violations on record for NJ0328001; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
198 violations · 1,771 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Pemberton Borough Water
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