Community Water System · PWS NJ0502001
Cape May Water & Sewer U
Operator location Cape May, New Jersey - 33% of 82 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 35,000 served per SDWIS.
- 35,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 82
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 27
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cape May Water & Sewer U standing, high SDWIS violation third
33% of 82 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 33% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #1,595 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cape May Water & Sewer U sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (82), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (35,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 33% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #1,595 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #52 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 82
- Total EPA violations on record
- 33%
- 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
- 3,673
- County
- Cape May
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 19
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 8
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 19 | 2011 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 8 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 7 | 2006 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 7 | 2006 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 7 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2023 |
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2021 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2001 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2023 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 2 | 2020 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 2 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1979 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 1994 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1979 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cape May Water & Sewer U has 82 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 33% of this system's own violations are health-based (27 of 82), and it ranks #1,595 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)
82 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% 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. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/20/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/20/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/20/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Cape May Water & Sewer U
27 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ0502001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
82 violations · 35,000 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Cape May Water & Sewer U
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
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.