Is Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility 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

123

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-12-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-12-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-12-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-12-01 → 2012-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-09-01 → 2012-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2012-09-01 → 2012-09-30

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
Chloroform	8.588 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.5 µg/L	149/159	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	13.82 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 19.2 µg/L	114/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	4.218 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.07 µg/L	98/159	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	6.868 µg/L 11% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 8.24 µg/L	83/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.046 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.29 µg/L	77/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	357.6 µg/L 28% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 484 µg/L	55/75	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.2655 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.14 µg/L	52/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.5 µg/L	43/159	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	260 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 320 µg/L	27/33	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	0.0038 mg/L 25% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Lead	2.54 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.55 µg/L	11/60	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	1 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	7/18	SYR4	2014–2019
Chromium	1 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	7/18	SYR4	2014–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	0.5980 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6100 µg/L	7/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	39.25 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 45 µg/L	6/15	SYR4	2014–2019
Xylenes, Total	72.955 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 88.3 µg/L	6/46	SYR4	2014–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	175.55 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 176 µg/L	4/21	SYR4	2016–2019
Ethylbenzene	9.088 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L worst single sample: 9.78 µg/L	3/46	SYR4	2014–2019
Selenium	0.4450 µg/L 0.9% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.4600 µg/L	3/18	SYR4	2014–2019
Cadmium	0.2765 µg/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2900 µg/L	2/18	SYR4	2014–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	2/6	SYR4	2017–2018
Mercury	0.0456 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0460 µg/L	2/18	SYR4	2014–2019
Bromoform	0.1300 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/159	SYR4	2012–2019

61 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, TotalArsenicBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCarbon TetrachlorideCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidEthylene DibromideGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitrateNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GRATZ, ERNEST
Phone: 609-823-7935

Frequently asked questions about Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility

Is Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility'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 Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility's water?

EPA monitoring detected Chloroform, TTHM, Bromodichloromethane, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility serve?

Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility reports serving 22,150 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 123 violations on file for Ventnor City Water & Sewer Utility, of which 28 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.