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Community Water System · PWS NJ1428001

Netcong Water Dept

Operator location Netcong, New Jersey - UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 128 violations and 3,342 people served.

3,342
People served (this PWS)
128
EPA violations (this PWS)
3
Health-based (this PWS)
6 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Netcong Water Dept standing, high SDWIS violation third

UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #9,874 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Netcong Water Dept sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (128), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (3,342; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).

#9,874 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#252 of 689
Population · NJ
128
Total EPA violations on record
2%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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

PFAS Detected

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

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1,510
County
Morris
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
3
Monitoring Violations
117
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 8 2006
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 7 2025
Combined Uranium MR 7 2006
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 7 2006
TTHM MR 7 2025
Coliform (TCR) MR 6 2016
Coliform (TCR) MCL 3 2013
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 3 2002
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2002
Xylenes, Total MR 3 2002
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 3 2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 3 2002
CHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2002
Styrene MR 3 2002
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2002
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 3 2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2002
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 3 2002
Carbon tetrachloride MR 3 2002
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 3 2002
Trichloroethylene MR 3 2002
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 3 2002
Benzene MR 3 2002
Toluene MR 3 2002
Ethylbenzene MR 3 2002
E. COLI MR 3 2013
Vinyl chloride MR 3 2002
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 3 2002
Tetrachloroethylene MR 3 2002
Chromium MR 1 1988

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Netcong Water Dept has 128 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 128), and it ranks #9,874 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)

128 Higher than most more violations than 78% 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. 21 of 174 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFPeA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/10/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/10/2023 6.70 ppt 4.00 ppt Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/10/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/10/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/10/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/10/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/10/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/10/2023 3.20 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
8:2 FTS 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/10/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/10/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/10/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/10/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/10/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 4/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/10/2023 5.90 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFMBA 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/10/2023 4.50 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFNA 4/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/10/2023 3.30 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFBS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

UCMR5 PFAS record for Netcong Water Dept

Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NJ1428001 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.

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

Nationwide peers

128 violations · 3,342 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with Netcong Water Dept

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