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Community Water System · PWS NJ1528001

Ship Bottom Water Depart

Operator location Manahawkin, New Jersey - larger served population (> 3,309) at 15,000 people served; 40 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

15,000
People served (this PWS)
40
EPA violations (this PWS)
8
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Ship Bottom Water Depart standing, mid SDWIS violation third

15,000 people served (SDWIS) - larger served population (> 3,309). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 20% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,458 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Ship Bottom Water Depart lands in the middle third by violation volume (40), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (15,000; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 20% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#3,458 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#113 of 689
Population · NJ
40
Total EPA violations on record
20%
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
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1,675
County
Ocean
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
8
Monitoring Violations
27
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Chlorine MR 8 2018
Coliform (TCR) MCL 8 2007
Lead and Copper Rule MR 5 2021
Coliform (TCR) MR 5 1995
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 2 2013
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 2 2020
Nitrate MR 2 2018
Cadmium MR 1 1979
Fluoride MR 1 1979
Selenium MR 1 1979
Mercury MR 1 1979
Barium MR 1 1979
Arsenic MR 1 1979
Chromium MR 1 1979

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Ship Bottom Water Depart has 40 recorded EPA violations, 50% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 49% carry more. 20% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 40), and it ranks #3,458 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)

40 Around the middle fewer violations than 49% 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

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFMBA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 4/11/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 4/11/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 4/11/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 4/11/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 4/11/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 4/11/2024 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 4/11/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 4/11/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 4/11/2024 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 4/11/2024 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 4/11/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 4/11/2024 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 4/11/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 4/11/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 4/11/2024 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 4/11/2024 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 4/11/2024 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 4/11/2024 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 10/26/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 10/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 10/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 10/26/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 10/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 10/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 10/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 10/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 10/26/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 10/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 10/26/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 10/26/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 10/26/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 10/26/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected

Population served record for Ship Bottom Water Depart

EPA SDWIS lists 15,000 people served and 1,675 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

40 violations · 15,000 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Ship Bottom Water Depart

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
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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