Community Water System · PWS NJ0706001
Essex Fells Water Dept
Operator location New Vernon, New Jersey - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 143 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,200 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,200
- People served (this PWS)
- 143
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Essex Fells Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
143 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 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,859 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Essex Fells Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (143), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,200 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #12,859 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #295 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 143
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 758
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 134
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 15 | 2018 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 12 | 2019 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 12 | 2019 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Benzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Toluene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Styrene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Trichloroethylene | MCL | 4 | 1989 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2022 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Essex Fells Water Dept has 143 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 143), and it ranks #12,859 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)
143 Higher than most more violations than 80% 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 Essex Fells Water Dept
143 violations on record for NJ0706001; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
143 violations · 2,200 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).
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