Is Gloucester City W Dept 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

221

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-12-01 → 1996-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1996-12-01 → 1996-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-06-01 → 1993-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-06-01 → 1993-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-06-01 → 1993-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-10-01 → 2021-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-12-30
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2020-10-01
Other	Monitoring	Unaddressed	2020-07-01

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	6.93 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.8 µg/L	116/133	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	7.68 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.89 µg/L	101/133	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	20.8 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 29.67 µg/L	96/107	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	6.77 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 9.74 µg/L	91/133	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	150.42 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 371.5 µg/L	57/60	SYR4	2014–2017
Bromoform	3.3085 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.39 µg/L	42/133	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	17/108	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.02 µg/L 8.4% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.1 µg/L	17/108	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2023
Lead	5 µg/L 33% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 5.4 µg/L	11/60	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate	230 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	10/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	7/108	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.355 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	4/108	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	195.95 µg/L 4.9% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 201 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	226.5 µg/L 2.3% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 230 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2012–2013
Asbestos	0.8100 MFL 12% of the EPA limit 7 MFL	1/2	SYR4	2012–2013
Carbon Tetrachloride	1.7 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/33	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	3.5 pCi/L 70% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2017
Lithium	9.5 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/2	UCMR-5	2025

64 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, TotalArsenicBariumBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumChromiumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DOMICO, DONNA
Phone: 856-456-0169

Frequently asked questions about Gloucester City W Dept

Is Gloucester City W Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 19 contaminants in Gloucester City W 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 Gloucester City W Dept's water?

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

How many people does Gloucester City W Dept serve?

Gloucester City W Dept reports serving 12,460 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Gloucester City W Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 221 violations on file for Gloucester City W Dept, of which 5 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 4 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.