Is Park Ridge Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

496

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-06-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-06-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-06-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-06-01 → 2014-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1988-05-01 → 1991-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1988-05-01 → 1991-04-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-09-01 → 2024-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-09-01 → 2024-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-31

PFAS detected

PFAS are industrial “forever chemicals”. These are the EPA's latest nationwide test results (2023–2025).

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFOA	0.0172 µg/L	12/26	2023
Pfpea	0.0059 µg/L	11/26	2023
PFOS	0.0141 µg/L	8/26	2023
Pfhxa	0.0045 µg/L	7/26	2023
PFBS	0.0051 µg/L	5/26	2023
Pfba	0.0061 µg/L	4/26	2023
PFHXS	0.0138 µg/L	2/26	2023
Pfhpa	0.0034 µg/L	1/26	2023
PFNA	0.0081 µg/L	1/26	2023

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
Dibromochloromethane	5.703 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.9 µg/L	218/301	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	7.79 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.3 µg/L	211/301	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	3200 µg/L 32% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3600 µg/L	194/196	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	2.2125 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.08 µg/L	176/286	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.398 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.86 µg/L	145/272	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	17.467 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 22.74 µg/L	135/135	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	625 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 927 µg/L	111/120	SYR4	2013–2019
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	4.176 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 5.13 µg/L	42/288	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	4.16 µg/L 42% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 7.64 µg/L	41/60	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	518.4 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 622 µg/L	29/29	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	3390 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 3600 µg/L	23/23	SYR4	2012–2013
Chromium	3.998 µg/L 4% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 5.24 µg/L	19/29	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0014 mg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	17/17	LCR	2025
Trichloroethylene	0.6208 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6800 µg/L	17/288	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	21.1 µg/L No EPA limit set	7/26	UCMR-5	2023
Lead	11.006 µg/L 73% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 12.8 µg/L	5/91	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.245 pCi/L 25% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.26 pCi/L	4/15	SYR4	2014–2017
Dichloroacetic Acid	0.8000 µg/L No EPA limit set	4/135	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	2.0255 µg/L 3.4% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 2.03 µg/L	4/135	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.311 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.32 µg/L	3/135	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	1.0082 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 1.04 µg/L	2/288	SYR4	2012–2019
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	0.8840 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/288	SYR4	2012–2019

50 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneFluorideHfpo-DaMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpsPfmbaPfmpaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroacetic AcidVinyl ChlorideXylenes, TotalO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: O'LEARY, CHRISTOPHER
Phone: 201-919-2597

Frequently asked questions about Park Ridge Water Dept

Is Park Ridge Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 31 contaminants in Park Ridge Water Dept'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 Park Ridge Water Dept's water?

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

How many people does Park Ridge Water Dept serve?

Park Ridge Water Dept reports serving 16,466 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Park Ridge Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 496 violations on file for Park Ridge Water Dept, of which 6 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 1 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.