Community Water System · PWS NJ0716001
Nutley Water Dept
Operator location Nutley, New Jersey - 33% of 144 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 29,500 served per SDWIS.
- 29,500
- People served (this PWS)
- 144
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 48
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Nutley Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
33% of 144 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 #1,902 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Nutley Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (144), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (29,500; 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.
- #1,902 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #61 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 144
- 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
- 8,448
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 39
- Monitoring Violations
- 82
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 9
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 32 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 24 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 15 | 2011 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 6 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 6 | 2023 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2023 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 1988 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 5 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2019 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 4 | 2023 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1988 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2015 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Nutley Water Dept has 144 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 33% of this system's own violations are health-based (48 of 144), and it ranks #1,902 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)
144 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
Health-based violations on Nutley Water Dept
48 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ0716001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
144 violations · 29,500 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 Nutley Water Dept
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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