Is Longport Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Atlantic

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-01-01 → 1998-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-01-01 → 1998-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1991-07-01 → 1991-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1991-07-01 → 1991-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2016-07-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Copper	381.4 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 484 µg/L	19/23	SYR4	2012–2018
Chloroform	9.325 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10 µg/L	16/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	5.42 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.7 µg/L	15/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0062 mg/L 41% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Dibromochloromethane	2.135 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.2 µg/L	14/17	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	16.98 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 18 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	8.405 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 8.9 µg/L	12/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.65 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	214.5 µg/L 5.4% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 216 µg/L	6/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	5.699 µg/L 38% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.96 µg/L	4/20	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	0.3400 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	0.3775 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.3800 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.0345 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0350 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	0.4875 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.4900 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	0.6220 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6300 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Xylenes, Total	0.4875 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5000 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	0.2000 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromoform	0.1200 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Cadmium	0.0200 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2018

59 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitratePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DICKERSON, JAMES
Phone: 609-287-3646

Frequently asked questions about Longport Water Department

Is Longport Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Longport Water Department's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Longport Water Department's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Chloroform, Bromodichloromethane, Lead, Dibromochloromethane, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Longport Water Department serve?

Longport Water Department reports serving 10,777 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Longport Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 20 violations on file for Longport Water Department, of which 4 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.