Is Hamburg Board of Public Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
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

340

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-12-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-07-01 → 2023-09-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30

PFAS detected

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

Contaminant	Max	Detection rate	Period
PFBS	0.0079 µg/L	4/4	2025
Pfhxa	0.0050 µg/L	2/4	2025
Pfpea	0.0052 µg/L	2/4	2025

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	115.25 µg/L 8.9% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 635 µg/L	66/69	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	2.8 µg/L 19% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 170 µg/L	35/59	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate	3374.5 µg/L 34% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4270 µg/L	30/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	16/16	LCR	2024
Xylenes, Total	3.86 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4.06 µg/L	9/32	SYR4	2012–2018
Barium	33.89 µg/L 1.7% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 36.9 µg/L	8/9	SYR4	2012–2018
Toluene	0.8795 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L worst single sample: 1.1 µg/L	8/32	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	1.745 µg/L 17% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 1.96 µg/L	6/9	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.564 pCi/L 31% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.58 pCi/L	5/8	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	0.3964 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 0.4280 µg/L	5/9	SYR4	2012–2018
Chloroform	6.5575 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.7 µg/L	4/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Benzene	0.4320 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.4600 µg/L	3/32	SYR4	2012–2018
Chromium	1.544 µg/L 1.5% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 1.6 µg/L	3/9	SYR4	2012–2018
TTHM	12.599 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 12.8 µg/L	3/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Beryllium, Total	0.0300 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 4 µg/L	2/9	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromodichloromethane	2.7175 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.74 µg/L	2/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.6763 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 0.6820 µg/L	2/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.617 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.64 µg/L	2/44	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	1.1075 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.14 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Ethylbenzene	0.5170 µg/L 0.1% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5300 µg/L	2/32	SYR4	2012–2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	1.1075 µg/L 1.8% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 1.14 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.0380 µg/L 1.9% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	937 µg/L 9.4% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/1	SYR4	2012

59 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDibromoacetic AcidEthylene DibromideFluorideGross Alpha, Excl. Radon And UHfpo-DaMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: MARINO, PAUL
Phone: 201-827-8103

Frequently asked questions about Hamburg Board of Public

Is Hamburg Board of Public tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 26 contaminants in Hamburg Board of Public'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 Hamburg Board of Public's water?

EPA monitoring detected Copper, Lead, Nitrate, Lead, Xylenes, Total, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Hamburg Board of Public serve?

Hamburg Board of Public reports serving 3,382 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Hamburg Board of Public had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 340 violations on file for Hamburg Board of Public, of which 0 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.