Is Alpha Municipal Water Works Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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

458

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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2011-08-01 → 2011-08-31
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2007-01-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2007-01-01
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2006-01-01

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	187.45 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 342 µg/L	68/69	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	4.28 µg/L 29% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 16.3 µg/L	54/62	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	2.965 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 32.3 µg/L	44/67	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	5702.5 µg/L 57% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5800 µg/L	36/36	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroethylene	0.5225 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.6600 µg/L	36/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0120 mg/L 80% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	32/32	LCR	2025
Dibromochloromethane	8.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.2 µg/L	21/67	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	7.221 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.8 µg/L	18/67	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	34.1 µg/L 43% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 61.4 µg/L	15/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	6.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.9 µg/L	13/67	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	15.485 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 17.9 µg/L	8/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	5.74 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.37 µg/L	7/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	10.125 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.5 µg/L	6/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	39.44 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 39.8 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.5 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	5/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Selenium	3.62 µg/L 7.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.8 µg/L	5/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Arsenic	0.5755 µg/L 5.8% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 0.5800 µg/L	4/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	5665 µg/L 57% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 5680 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2018–2019
Chromium	2.84 µg/L 2.8% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 2.9 µg/L	3/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Trichloroacetic Acid	6.251 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 6.76 µg/L	3/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Antimony, Total	0.0400 µg/L 0.7% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Cyanide	1.1 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 200 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Ethylbenzene	0.0700 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 700 µg/L	1/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Mercury	0.4000 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/7	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	0.3600 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.84 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/18	SYR4	2012–2019
Tetrachloroethylene	0.0800 µg/L 1.6% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L	1/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Toluene	1.52 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 1000 µg/L	1/49	SYR4	2012–2019
Xylenes, Total	0.4600 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	1/49	SYR4	2012–2019

22 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideFluorideStyreneThallium, TotalVinyl Chloridecis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: DUNWELL, CRAIG S
Phone: 908-454-0088

Frequently asked questions about Alpha Municipal Water Works

Is Alpha Municipal Water Works tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 29 contaminants in Alpha Municipal Water Works'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 Alpha Municipal Water Works's water?

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

How many people does Alpha Municipal Water Works serve?

Alpha Municipal Water Works reports serving 2,530 people in New Jersey, per its EPA record.

Has Alpha Municipal Water Works had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 458 violations on file for Alpha Municipal Water Works, of which 12 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 3 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.