Is Westville Water Department water safe to drink?

Westville Water Department (PWS ID: NJ0821001) has 94 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. PFAS contamination has been detected in UCMR5 testing, with 4 PFAS compounds found. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 6,000 people using Groundwater sources.

How many people does Westville Water Department serve?

EPA SDWIS reports that Westville Water Department serves 6,000 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Westville or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1,850 service connections. The operator address is listed in Westville, New Jersey.

What type of violations does Westville Water Department have?

Westville Water Department has 94 total violations: 13 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 75 monitoring/reporting violations, and 12 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Has PFAS been detected in Westville Water Department water?

Yes. UCMR5 testing detected 4 PFAS compounds in Westville Water Department's water supply: PFNA, PFPeA, PFOS, PFOA. PFAS are persistent "forever chemicals" that do not break down in the environment.

What water source does Westville Water Department use?

Westville Water Department uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Where does this data come from?

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Where does Westville Water Department sit among U.S. public water systems?

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Westville Water Department ranks #6,827 of 29,740 by people served, and #207 of 689 in New Jersey. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

How does Westville Water Department's violation count compare nationally?

Westville Water Department has 94 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 28% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 72% of that cohort has fewer violations than Westville Water Department. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

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Community Water System · PWS NJ0821001

Westville Water Department

Operator location Westville, New Jersey - larger served population (> 3,309) at 6,000 people served; 94 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

Compiled by PlainWater · May 15, 2026

6,000
People served (this PWS) Larger third of systems: 94
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems: 13
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share: 4 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS) Middle third of PFAS-detected systems

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Westville Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third

6,000 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 14% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #6,827 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Westville Water Department sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (94), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (6,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 14% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).

#6,827 of 29,740
Population · /systems: #207 of 689
Population · NJ: 94
Total EPA violations on record: 14%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Water Safety Score

21/100

Westville Water Department

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F

EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)

Monitoring & reporting violations F

Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)

PFAS contamination F

0.0167 µg/L

Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type: Community
Owner Type: Local
Connections: 1,850
County: Gloucester
School/Daycare: No
MCL Violations: 1
Monitoring Violations: 75
Treatment Tech Violations: 12

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	16	2024
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	12	2022
Chlorine	MR	10	2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	7	2019
TTHM	MR	4	2015
Mercury	MR	4	2017
Radium-226	MR	4	2009
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	4	2009
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	MR	4	2009
Combined Uranium	MR	4	2009
Radium-228	MR	4	2009
Barium	MR	3	1995
Public Notice	Other	2	2023
Chromium	MR	2	1985
Cadmium	MR	2	1985
Fluoride	MR	2	1985
Selenium	MR	2	1985
Arsenic	MR	2	1985
Nitrate	MR	1	1985
Barium	MCL	1	1996

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Westville Water Department has 94 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 28% carry more. 14% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 94), and it ranks #6,827 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)

94 Around the middle fewer violations than 28% 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

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Westville Water Department plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

How to read this

Each dot is one public water system; the highlighted dot is Westville Water Department. A system to the right has more recorded violations; a system higher up has a larger share of those violations classified health-based rather than monitoring or reporting.

Rare but serious: few violations, but most of them are health-based.
Frequent, mostly paperwork: many violations, but mostly monitoring or reporting, not health-based.
Clean record: below-median on both counts, the tinted corner.

View all 30 systems as a list

City of Ballinger: 372 violations, 85% health-based
Nooksack Valley Water Association: 16 violations, 31% health-based
Montgomery Co RWD 12: 7 violations, 29% health-based
Irvin Water District #6: 11 violations, 27% health-based
Ticonderoga WD: 47 violations, 26% health-based
Pine Valley Plantation: 37 violations, 24% health-based
McLouth, City Of: 29 violations, 17% health-based
Kipling Oaks 1: 25 violations, 16% health-based
South Deerfield Water Supply District: 96 violations, 16% health-based
Sunset Ridge Water District: 82 violations, 15% health-based
Orange Water Dept: 136 violations, 14% health-based
Westville Water Department: 94 violations, 14% health-based (this system)
Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1: 167 violations, 11% health-based
Lake Gibson Estates: 42 violations, 2% health-based
Benson Culinary Improvement District: 212 violations, 1% health-based
Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth: 567 violations, 1% health-based
Miccosukee Service Plaza: 0 violations, 0% health-based
Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3: 0 violations, 0% health-based
Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600: 2 violations, 0% health-based
Center Water Co: 5 violations, 0% health-based
Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs: 9 violations, 0% health-based
Great Bend Industrial Park: 14 violations, 0% health-based
Glen Park Village: 19 violations, 0% health-based
Camp Is-Sho-Da: 22 violations, 0% health-based
Hamilton: 33 violations, 0% health-based
Town of Welaka: 54 violations, 0% health-based
Township of Blairstown Dpw: 61 violations, 0% health-based
McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority: 71 violations, 0% health-based
Clarkdale Municipal Water System: 114 violations, 0% health-based
Eureka Water Association: 273 violations, 0% health-based

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 7 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant	Date	Result	MRL	Status
PFNA	4/11/2023	16.70 ppt	4.00 ppt	Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS	4/11/2023	<2.00 ppt	2.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFBS	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFHpA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFHxS	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFPeA	4/11/2023	3.40 ppt	3.00 ppt	Detected
NMeFOSAA	4/11/2023	<6.00 ppt	6.00 ppt	Not Detected
NEtFOSAA	4/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFTrDA	4/11/2023	<7.00 ppt	7.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFTA	4/11/2023	<8.00 ppt	8.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFHpS	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFPeS	4/11/2023	<4.00 ppt	4.00 ppt	Not Detected
NFDHA	4/11/2023	<20.00 ppt	20.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFUnA	4/11/2023	<2.00 ppt	2.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFMBA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFOS	4/11/2023	4.70 ppt	4.00 ppt	Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS	4/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFOA	4/11/2023	7.80 ppt	4.00 ppt	Detected
PFDA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFEESA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFHxA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFMPA	4/11/2023	<4.00 ppt	4.00 ppt	Not Detected
ADONA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
HFPO-DA	4/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFBA	4/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
6:2 FTS	4/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
4:2 FTS	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
8:2 FTS	4/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFDoA	4/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
NFDHA	10/11/2023	<20.00 ppt	20.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFBS	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFNA	10/11/2023	15.60 ppt	4.00 ppt	Detected
PFMPA	10/11/2023	<4.00 ppt	4.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFUnA	10/11/2023	<2.00 ppt	2.00 ppt	Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS	10/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS	10/11/2023	<2.00 ppt	2.00 ppt	Not Detected
ADONA	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
HFPO-DA	10/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFBA	10/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
6:2 FTS	10/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFMBA	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
4:2 FTS	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFOA	10/11/2023	8.60 ppt	4.00 ppt	Detected
8:2 FTS	10/11/2023	<5.00 ppt	5.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFDA	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFPeA	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFEESA	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFPeS	10/11/2023	<4.00 ppt	4.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFHpS	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected
PFHxA	10/11/2023	<3.00 ppt	3.00 ppt	Not Detected

Population served record for Westville Water Department

EPA SDWIS lists 6,000 people served and 1,850 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

EPA SDWIS · PWS NJ0821001 NJ primacy agency

Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

94 violations · 6,000 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.

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Cross-state systems with similar served population

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

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What to do with Westville Water Department

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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