Community Water System · PWS NJ1615003
Passaic Valley W C High Crest
Operator location Clifton, New Jersey - 39% of 83 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,132 served per SDWIS.
- 1,132
- People served (this PWS)
- 83
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 32
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Passaic Valley W C High Crest standing, high SDWIS violation third
39% of 83 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 39% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #18,363 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Passaic Valley W C High Crest sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (83), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,132 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 39% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,363 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #391 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 83
- Total EPA violations on record
- 39%
- 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
- 283
- County
- Passaic
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 32
- Monitoring Violations
- 42
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 28 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2005 |
| Barium | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Fluoride | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Cadmium | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Arsenic | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Chromium | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2008 |
| Mercury | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Selenium | MR | 4 | 1989 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 1989 |
| Chlorine | MR | 2 | 2017 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2023 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Passaic Valley W C High Crest has 83 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 39% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 83), and it ranks #18,363 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)
83 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% 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 Passaic Valley W C High Crest
32 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NJ1615003.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
83 violations · 1,132 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 Passaic Valley W C High Crest
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