Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NJ2112305
Independence Centralschool
Operator location Great Meadows, New Jersey - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 260 people served; 38 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 260
- People served (this PWS)
- 38
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Independence Centralschool standing, mid SDWIS violation third
260 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Independence Centralschool lands in the middle third by violation volume (38), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (260; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 38
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 260
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- Warren
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 29
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 8 | 2012 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 2 | 1990 |
| Fluoride | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Nickel | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2003 |
| Barium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Chromium | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Arsenic | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Independence Centralschool has 38 recorded EPA violations, 49% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 38), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
38 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Independence Centralschool
EPA SDWIS lists 260 people served and 1 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
38 violations · 260 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Independence Centralschool
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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