Is East Brunswick Water Utility Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-06-30
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2022-01-01 → 2022-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1989-06-01 → 1990-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-01-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-01-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2024-02-29 → 2024-05-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2024-02-29 → 2024-05-31

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFOA	0.0060 µg/L	1/4	2023

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	290.8 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 951 µg/L	233/248	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	68.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 111 µg/L	121/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	10.29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.3 µg/L	121/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	19.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 29.21 µg/L	121/121	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	82.5 µg/L 103% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 128 µg/L	121/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	46.2 µg/L 77% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 73.83 µg/L	121/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	25.401 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 39.08 µg/L	120/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.254 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.6 µg/L	109/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	15.015 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 19.4 µg/L	100/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	15.1 µg/L 101% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 26.4 µg/L	52/248	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.94 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.67 µg/L	41/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0019 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	26/26	LCR	2026
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.8475 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	26/121	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	2.261 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.36 µg/L	23/121	SYR4	2012–2019

29 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: LOSIK, DANIEL
Phone: 732-257-8314
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about East Brunswick Water Utility

Is East Brunswick Water Utility tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 15 contaminants in East Brunswick Water Utility'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 East Brunswick Water Utility's water?

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

How many people does East Brunswick Water Utility serve?

East Brunswick Water Utility reports serving 49,715 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has East Brunswick Water Utility had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 66 violations on file for East Brunswick Water Utility, 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.