Is Ship Bottom Water Depart Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Ocean

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-07-01 → 2007-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-06-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-06-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-06-01 → 2007-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2007-06-01 → 2007-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2021-12-30

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	395 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 700 µg/L	22/33	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.7 µg/L 9.5% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 6.8 µg/L	12/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	2.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.58 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.015 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.05 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	5.16 µg/L 6.5% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 5.22 µg/L	11/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	1.647 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.71 µg/L	10/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.0975 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.12 µg/L	10/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	5.1 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 6 µg/L	7/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.122 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.14 µg/L	5/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.068 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.14 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.503 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.604 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.95 µg/L	3/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Lithium	13.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/2	UCMR-5	2024
Barium	40 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.84 pCi/L 37% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/1	SYR4	2017

65 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosBenzeneBeryllium, TotalBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneFluorideGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitratePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSeleniumStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MICHOT, MARCEL R
Phone: 609-597-1000

Frequently asked questions about Ship Bottom Water Depart

Is Ship Bottom Water Depart tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 16 contaminants in Ship Bottom Water Depart'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 Ship Bottom Water Depart's water?

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

How many people does Ship Bottom Water Depart serve?

Ship Bottom Water Depart reports serving 15,000 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Ship Bottom Water Depart had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 39 violations on file for Ship Bottom Water Depart, of which 8 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.