Community Water System · PWS NJ1214001
New Brunswick W Dept
Operator location New Brunswick, New Jersey - 23% of 797 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 55,000 served per SDWIS.
- 55,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 797
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 187
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
New Brunswick W Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third
23% of 797 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 23% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #972 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
New Brunswick W Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (797), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (55,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 23% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #972 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #24 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 797
- Total EPA violations on record
- 23%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 8,500
- County
- Middlesex
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 542
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 179
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 234 | 2021 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 164 | 2013 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 140 | 2014 |
| Public Notice | Other | 54 | 2013 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 35 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 34 | 2012 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 18 | 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 12 | 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 9 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2016 |
| Chlorine | MR | 7 | 2021 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 7 | 2025 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 4 | 2020 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Barium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Chromium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Selenium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Nickel | MR | 3 | 2009 |
| Cadmium | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Mercury | MR | 3 | 1982 |
| Turbidity | MR | 1 | 2015 |
| Cryptosporidium | MR | 1 | 2015 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 1 | 1978 |
| Endrin | MR | 1 | 1978 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 1978 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
New Brunswick W Dept has 797 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 23% of this system's own violations are health-based (187 of 797), and it ranks #972 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)
797 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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. 14 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFEESA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/12/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/12/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/12/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/12/2024 | 4.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 9/12/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/12/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/12/2024 | 5.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 9/12/2024 | 5.80 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/12/2024 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/12/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/12/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/12/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/18/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 6/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 6/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 6/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 6/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/18/2024 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 6/18/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/18/2024 | 4.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/18/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/18/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/18/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/18/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 6/18/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 6/18/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 6/18/2024 | 7.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
Health-based violations on New Brunswick W Dept
187 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ1214001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
797 violations · 55,000 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with New Brunswick W Dept
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