Is Berlin Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

182

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-05-01 → 2016-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-05-01 → 2016-05-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2016-05-01 → 2016-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-01-01 → 2020-06-30
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-07-11
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-07-11

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
Pfhxa	0.0061 µg/L	2/10	2024
PFOA	0.0047 µg/L	2/10	2024
Pfpea	0.0056 µg/L	2/10	2024
PFBS	0.0030 µg/L	1/10	2024
PFOS	0.0040 µg/L	1/10	2024

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	31.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 40 µg/L	125/125	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	47.95 µg/L 60% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 54 µg/L	122/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.3 µg/L	121/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.8 µg/L	113/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	10.96 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 16 µg/L	92/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.38 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	81/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	6.235 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9 µg/L	74/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	215.35 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 394 µg/L	64/69	SYR4	2014–2017
Bromoform	1.444 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	53/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	49.195 µg/L 328% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 95 µg/L	40/62	SYR4	2014–2017
Lead	0.0034 mg/L 23% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	19/19	LCR	2023
Fluoride	570 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	15/16	SYR4	2014–2017
Barium	71.66 µg/L 3.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 73.5 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2017
Arsenic	0.8300 µg/L 8.3% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.9000 µg/L	8/9	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.397 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.46 µg/L	8/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	4.0275 pCi/L 81% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 4.31 pCi/L	6/8	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	82.2 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	4/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.0817 µg/L 4.1% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0820 µg/L	3/9	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	0.6187 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6200 µg/L	2/122	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	0.3160 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3200 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2014–2017
Antimony, Total	0.2500 µg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2014–2017
Tetrachloroethylene	0.1000 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/20	SYR4	2014–2018

51 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ALLSEBROOK, JOHN

Frequently asked questions about Berlin Water Department

Is Berlin Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 27 contaminants in Berlin 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 Berlin Water Department's water?

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

How many people does Berlin Water Department serve?

Berlin Water Department reports serving 12,991 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Berlin Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 182 violations on file for Berlin Water Department, of which 3 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.