Community Water System · PWS NJ0701001
Belleville Water Dept
Operator location Belleville, New Jersey - 30% of 486 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 35,129 served per SDWIS.
- 35,129
- People served (this PWS)
- 486
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 145
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Belleville Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
30% of 486 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 30% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #1,586 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Belleville Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (486), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (35,129; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 30% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #1,586 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #50 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 486
- Total EPA violations on record
- 30%
- 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
- 7,339
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 84
- Monitoring Violations
- 270
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 61
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 60 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 45 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 35 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MCL | 33 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 30 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 28 | 2020 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 26 | 2021 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 23 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 21 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 20 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 17 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 16 | 2013 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 12 | 2016 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 12 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 10 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Cadmium | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Fluoride | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Barium | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Chromium | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Mercury | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Selenium | MR | 9 | 1991 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Other | 8 | 2019 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1989 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Belleville Water Dept has 486 recorded EPA violations, 95% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 5% carry more. 30% of this system's own violations are health-based (145 of 486), and it ranks #1,586 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)
486 Higher than most more violations than 95% 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
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 91 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/9/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/9/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/9/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/21/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/21/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/21/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/21/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/21/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/21/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/21/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/21/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/21/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/21/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/21/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/21/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/21/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 2/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 2/27/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 2/27/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 2/27/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 2/27/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 2/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 2/27/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 2/27/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 2/27/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 2/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 2/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 2/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 2/27/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 2/27/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 2/27/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 2/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 2/27/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Belleville Water Dept
145 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ0701001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
486 violations · 35,129 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 Belleville Water Dept
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- See how every tracked system in New Jersey compares on the same EPA violation measures. New Jersey systems
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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.