Is Belleville Water Dept Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

147

health-based violations

473

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-12-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-07-01 → 2022-12-31

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	162.7 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 565 µg/L	434/436	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	22 µg/L 147% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 168 µg/L	401/422	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	29.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32 µg/L	127/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	81 µg/L 135% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 109 µg/L	127/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	56 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 73 µg/L	127/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	11.075 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.7 µg/L	126/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	99.95 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	126/126	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	111.2 µg/L 139% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 131 µg/L	126/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.17 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.55 µg/L	87/126	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0016 mg/L 11% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	45/45	LCR	2026
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.3 µg/L	31/127	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	0.4465 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.4600 µg/L	4/127	SYR4	2012–2019

32 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: HERITS, THOMAS J.
Phone: 973-450-3412

Frequently asked questions about Belleville Water Dept

Is Belleville Water Dept tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 12 contaminants in Belleville 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 Belleville Water Dept's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Dichloroacetic Acid, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Trichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Belleville Water Dept serve?

Belleville Water Dept reports serving 35,129 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Belleville Water Dept had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 473 violations on file for Belleville Water Dept, of which 147 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 18 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.