Is Maple Shade Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Burlington

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

207

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2001-09-01 → 2001-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2026-01-21
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-01-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFOS	0.0070 µg/L	4/6	2025
PFOA	0.0050 µg/L	3/6	2025
Pfhxa	0.0051 µg/L	2/6	2025
Pfpea	0.0052 µg/L	2/6	2025
PFBS	0.0035 µg/L	1/6	2025

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	7.485 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.68 µg/L	124/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	8.789 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.5 µg/L	122/126	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	29.69 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 42.3 µg/L	122/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	14.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.5 µg/L	113/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	11.985 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 16.4 µg/L	108/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	241.4 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 730 µg/L	93/94	SYR4	2012–2018
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.3425 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.82 µg/L	86/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	6.381 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.3 µg/L	83/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	3.408 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.54 µg/L	77/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	1.785 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 23.1 µg/L	64/92	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	4.75 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.78 µg/L	55/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	21/21	LCR	2024
Monobromoacetic Acid	0.5605 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6100 µg/L	12/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	12.46 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.9 µg/L	9/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	53.64 µg/L 2.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 53.7 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Fluoride	140 µg/L 3.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	2/6	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	40 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/22	SYR4	2012–2019
1,2-Dichloropropane	0.1500 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Arsenic	0.3600 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.03 pCi/L 21% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2017
Mercury	0.0460 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	100 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/5	SYR4	2017–2019
Selenium	1.4 µg/L 2.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2017
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	0.0800 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2014–2017
Lithium	20 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/6	UCMR-5	2025

55 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, TotalO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: LAVENBERG, MARK

Frequently asked questions about Maple Shade Water Department

Is Maple Shade Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 30 contaminants in Maple Shade 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 Maple Shade Water Department's water?

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

How many people does Maple Shade Water Department serve?

Maple Shade Water Department reports serving 19,400 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Maple Shade Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 207 violations on file for Maple Shade Water Department, of which 3 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.