Is Brooklawn Water Departme Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
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

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-24
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-04-24
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-01-01 → 2024-03-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFNA	0.0153 µg/L	1/2	2025
PFOA	0.0053 µg/L	1/2	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
Copper	393 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 720 µg/L	31/32	SYR4	2012–2018
Chloroform	5.059 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.28 µg/L	18/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.8770 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	18/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	5.664 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6 µg/L	17/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0050 mg/L 33% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
TTHM	18.777 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 21 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.968 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.4 µg/L	13/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.54 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	9/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.6 µg/L 9.3% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.8 µg/L	9/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.3735 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.79 µg/L	8/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	739 µg/L 7.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	6/16	SYR4	2012–2019
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	1.674 µg/L 2.4% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L worst single sample: 1.79 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	3.6325 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.7 µg/L	4/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.7 µg/L	4/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	132.3 µg/L 6.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 133 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	3.03 µg/L 3% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 3.1 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	172.6 µg/L 4.3% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 180 µg/L	3/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	10.57 µg/L 21% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 11.2 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
1,2-Dichloroethane	0.0985 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1000 µg/L	2/7	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	1.955 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 2 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2018
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.685 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.7 µg/L	2/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	10.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2025
Cyanide	3 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Mercury	0.1450 µg/L 7.2% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018

53 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, TotalO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: OSTROM, MICHAEL
Phone: 856-456-2638

Frequently asked questions about Brooklawn Water Departme

Is Brooklawn Water Departme tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 27 contaminants in Brooklawn Water Departme'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 Brooklawn Water Departme's water?

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

How many people does Brooklawn Water Departme serve?

Brooklawn Water Departme reports serving 2,300 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Brooklawn Water Departme had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 53 violations on file for Brooklawn Water Departme, of which 0 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.