Is Pequannock Twp Water Department Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

294

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-10-01 → 2018-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2018-10-01 → 2018-12-31

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	324.35 µg/L 25% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 743 µg/L	194/203	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	14.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 76.6 µg/L	149/170	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	66.725 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 114 µg/L	148/170	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	85.66 µg/L 107% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 129 µg/L	145/145	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	8.24 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.1 µg/L	143/170	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	25.28 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.7 µg/L	129/149	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	40.705 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 56.7 µg/L	128/149	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	63 µg/L 105% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 78.3 µg/L	126/145	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	27.25 µg/L 182% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 69 µg/L	124/186	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	1.975 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	106/170	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.8065 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.08 µg/L	40/149	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	150 µg/L 3.8% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	30/38	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0051 mg/L 34% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	27/27	LCR	2025
Nitrate	5177.5 µg/L 52% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5200 µg/L	26/26	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	5114.5 µg/L 51% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5200 µg/L	20/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	27.2 µg/L 1.4% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 29 µg/L	19/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	2.01 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	19/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	11.2 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 16.7 µg/L	12/149	SYR4	2012–2019
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	1.4 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	6/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Cyanide	2.345 µg/L 1.2% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	2/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	3.7 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/149	SYR4	2012–2019

60 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: SEUGLING, DAVID
Phone: 973-261-3712

Frequently asked questions about Pequannock Twp Water Department

Is Pequannock Twp Water Department tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Pequannock Twp 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 Pequannock Twp Water Department's water?

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

How many people does Pequannock Twp Water Department serve?

Pequannock Twp Water Department reports serving 14,010 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Pequannock Twp Water Department had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 294 violations on file for Pequannock Twp Water Department, of which 33 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 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.