Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NJ1922315
Vernon Twp High School
Operator location Vernon, New Jersey - 30% of 108 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,714 served per SDWIS.
- 1,714
- People served (this PWS)
- 108
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 32
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Vernon Twp High School standing, high SDWIS violation third
30% of 108 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 30% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #14,824 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Vernon Twp High School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (108), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,714 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 30% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,824 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #331 of 689
- Population · NJ
- 108
- Total EPA violations on record
- 30%
- 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
- Sussex
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 29
- Monitoring Violations
- 66
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 28 | 2012 |
| Chlorine | MR | 18 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 17 | 2015 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 5 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2024 |
| E. COLI | MR | 4 | 2010 |
| Arsenic | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | TT | 3 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 1 | 1997 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Vernon Twp High School has 108 recorded EPA violations, 75% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 25% carry more. 30% of this system's own violations are health-based (32 of 108), and it ranks #14,824 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)
108 Around the middle fewer violations than 25% 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 Vernon Twp High School
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 NJ1922315.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · NJ DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
108 violations · 1,714 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 Vernon Twp High School
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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