Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NJ1427362
Mt Olive High School
Operator location Flanders, New Jersey - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 116 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,750 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,750
- People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
- 116
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Mt Olive High School standing, high SDWIS violation third
116 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #14,695 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Mt Olive High School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (116), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,750 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,695 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #327 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 116
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1
- County
- Morris
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 105
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 62 | 2009 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| TTHM | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 6 | 2006 |
| Chlorine | MR | 6 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2025 |
| E. COLI | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 2 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 2 | 2025 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 2004 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mt Olive High School has 116 recorded EPA violations, 76% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 24% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 116), and it ranks #14,695 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)
116 Higher than most more violations than 76% 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
Mt Olive High School 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.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
SDWIS compliance record for Mt Olive High School
116 violations on record for NJ1427362; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
116 violations · 1,750 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Mt Olive High School
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