Community Water System · PWS NJ0703001
Caldwell Water Dept
Operator location Nutley, New Jersey - UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 82 violations and 9,027 people served.
- 9,027
- People served (this PWS)
- 82
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Caldwell Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #5,102 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Caldwell Water Dept 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 (9,027; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #5,102 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #170 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 82
- Total EPA violations on record
- 6%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,917
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 51
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 20 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2008 |
| Trichloroethylene | MCL | 2 | 1989 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1987 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1987 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Caldwell Water Dept has 82 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 82), and it ranks #5,102 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. 10 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFPeS | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/23/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/23/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/23/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/23/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/23/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/13/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/13/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/13/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/17/2024 | 3.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/17/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/17/2024 | 4.60 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/17/2024 | 15.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 6/17/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/17/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/17/2024 | 4.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/17/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 6/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/17/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/17/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/17/2024 | 4.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/17/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Caldwell Water Dept
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NJ0703001 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
82 violations · 9,027 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 Caldwell Water Dept
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