Is Forest Lakes Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Sussex

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	2011-10-01 → 2011-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-10-01 → 2011-10-31
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Archived	2025-04-01 → 2025-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-01-01 → 2023-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-10-01 → 2019-12-31

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	159.5 µg/L 12% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 200 µg/L	31/33	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	5.88 µg/L 39% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 7.2 µg/L	25/30	SYR4	2012–2018
Chloroform	3.756 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.06 µg/L	17/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	3.925 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.6 µg/L	16/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.2725 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.34 µg/L	16/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2024
TTHM	11.675 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 14 µg/L	16/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	5.1635 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 5.3 µg/L	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	2.343 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.75 µg/L	12/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.255 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.31 µg/L	11/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.03 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.34 µg/L	11/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	854 µg/L 8.5% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	10/12	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	119.65 µg/L 6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 130 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	1.11 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.19 µg/L	3/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	0.2865 µg/L 2.9% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.2900 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Fluoride	131.415 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 135 µg/L	2/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.914 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.92 µg/L	2/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	0.3200 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3300 µg/L	2/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Antimony, Total	0.0600 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	1.8 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.6700 pCi/L 13% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/2	SYR4	2012–2018
Mercury	0.1230 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	757 µg/L 7.6% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2017

30 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAsbestosBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideCombined UraniumDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMonochloroacetic AcidStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: GORMAN, DOROTHY
Phone: 973-534-3757

Frequently asked questions about Forest Lakes Water

Is Forest Lakes Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 23 contaminants in Forest Lakes Water'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 Forest Lakes Water's water?

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

How many people does Forest Lakes Water serve?

Forest Lakes Water reports serving 1,410 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Forest Lakes Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 29 violations on file for Forest Lakes Water, of which 4 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.