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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NJ1217301

Lake Nelson School

Operator location Lawrenceville, New Jersey - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 300 people served; 43 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

300
People served (this PWS)
43
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Lake Nelson School standing, mid SDWIS violation third

300 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 12% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Lake Nelson School lands in the middle third by violation volume (43), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (300; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 12% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

43
Total EPA violations on record
12%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
300
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
2
County
Middlesex
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
2
Monitoring Violations
37
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MR 3 2005
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 3 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 2 1994
Mercury MR 1 1993
Thallium, Total MR 1 1993
Selenium MR 1 1993
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 1997
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1997
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 1997
Vinyl chloride MR 1 1997
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1997
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 1997
Trichloroethylene MR 1 1997
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 1997
Benzene MR 1 1997
Toluene MR 1 1997
Arsenic MR 1 1993
Chromium MR 1 1993
Barium MR 1 1993
Nickel MR 1 1993
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 1997
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 1997
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 1997
CYANIDE MR 1 1993
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 1997
Fluoride MR 1 1993
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 1997
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 1997
Ethylbenzene MR 1 1997
Antimony, Total MR 1 1993

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Lake Nelson School has 43 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 47% carry more. 12% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 43), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

43 Around the middle fewer violations than 47% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Lake Nelson School

EPA SDWIS lists 300 people served and 2 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

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

Nationwide peers

43 violations · 300 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Lake Nelson School

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

  • See how every tracked system in New Jersey compares on the same EPA violation measures. New Jersey systems
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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