Community Water System · PWS NJ0721001
West Caldwell Water Department
Operator location West Caldwell, New Jersey - UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 64 violations and 10,759 people served.
- 10,759
- People served (this PWS)
- 64
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 11
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 5 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
West Caldwell Water Department standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #4,437 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
West Caldwell Water Department lands in the middle third by violation volume (64), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (10,759; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 5 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #4,437 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #153 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 64
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
5 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 3,835
- County
- Essex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 44
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 19 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 7 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MCL | 4 | 2020 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2025 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2025 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| TTHM | MR | 2 | 2012 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 2 | 2025 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Nitrate | MR | 1 | 1979 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
West Caldwell Water Department has 64 recorded EPA violations, 63% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 37% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (11 of 64), and it ranks #4,437 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)
64 Around the middle fewer violations than 37% 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. 18 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/20/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/20/2023 | 5.50 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/20/2023 | 8.30 ppt | 4.00 ppt | 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 | 6.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | 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 | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/20/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 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 |
| PFHpS | 9/20/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 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 | 6.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 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 |
| PFHxS | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 7/18/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 7/18/2023 | 4.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 7/18/2023 | 7.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTA | 7/18/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 7/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 7/18/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 7/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 7/18/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 7/18/2023 | 5.40 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 7/18/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 7/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 7/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 7/18/2023 | 5.10 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 7/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 7/18/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 7/18/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 7/18/2023 | 4.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 7/18/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for West Caldwell Water Department
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NJ0721001 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
64 violations · 10,759 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 West Caldwell Water Department
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