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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NJ1414401

Jefferson Twp High School

Operator location Oak Ridge, New Jersey - 5% of 60 violations are health-based (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)); groundwater source; 1,400 served per SDWIS.

1,400
People served (this PWS)
60
EPA violations (this PWS)
3
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Jefferson Twp High School standing, mid SDWIS violation third

5% of 60 recorded violations are health-based - middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,566 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Jefferson Twp High School lands in the middle third by violation volume (60), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,400 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#16,566 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#362 of 689
Population · NJ
60
Total EPA violations on record
5%
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
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1
County
Morris
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
54
Treatment Tech Violations
3

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 21 2005
Nitrate MR 4 2009
Lead and Copper Rule MR 4 2025
Lead and Copper Rule TT 3 2019
Public Notice Other 3 2020
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2019
Chlorine MR 2 2021
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2002
Xylenes, Total MR 1 2002
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2002
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 1 2002
Vinyl chloride MR 1 2002
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 1 2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 1 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 1 2002
CHLOROBENZENE MR 1 2002
Benzene MR 1 2002
Toluene MR 1 2002
Ethylbenzene MR 1 2002
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 1 2002
Tetrachloroethylene MR 1 2002
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 1 2002
Styrene MR 1 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2002
Trichloroethylene MR 1 2002
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 1 2002
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 1 2002
Carbon tetrachloride MR 1 2002

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Jefferson Twp High School has 60 recorded EPA violations, 61% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 60), and it ranks #16,566 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)

60 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% 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 Jefferson Twp High School

3 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ1414401.

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

Nationwide peers

60 violations · 1,400 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

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

4 peers

What to do with Jefferson Twp High 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