Community Water System · PWSID NJ1708001

Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart.

Serves 13,500 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentPennsville, New Jersey
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On record since 2015: 144 violations. 141 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2023-11-23.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

0Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
141Missed or late test
3Notice or report

More violations on record than 99% of active water systems in New Jersey. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

200520102015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692016 · Missed or late test: 692017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Missed or late test: 432017 · Notice or report: 12018 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Missed or late test: 222019 · Missed or late test: 222019 · Missed or late test: 222019 · Missed or late test: 222020 · Missed or late test: 320202021 · Missed or late test: 12022 · Notice or report: 12023 · Missed or late test: 22025
One square ≈ 6 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
98% missed or late test · 1412% notice or report · 3

Across New Jersey, 74% of violations are missed or late tests and 2% are water over a limit.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 8 results on file · action level 15 ppb

4.3 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2023-11-23E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  2. 2023-10-19E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  3. 2022-04-11Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  4. 2021-09-30E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  5. 2020-02-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  6. 2020-02-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2020-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2019-07-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2019-07-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2019-07-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2019-07-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2019-07-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2019-07-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2019-07-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2019-07-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2019-07-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2019-07-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2019-07-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2019-07-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2019-07-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2019-07-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2019-07-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2019-07-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2019-07-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2019-07-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
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  1. 2019-07-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2019-07-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  3. 2019-07-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  4. 2019-01-01SodiumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  5. 2018-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2017-12-30Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  7. 2017-12-11Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  8. 2017-10-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2017-10-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2017-10-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  11. 2017-10-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2017-10-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2017-10-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2017-10-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2017-10-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2017-10-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  17. 2017-10-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2017-10-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2017-10-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  20. 2017-10-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2017-10-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  22. 2017-10-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  23. 2017-10-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  24. 2017-10-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  25. 2017-10-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  26. 2017-10-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  27. 2017-10-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  28. 2017-10-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  29. 2017-04-01StyreneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  30. 2017-04-01EthylbenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2017-04-01TolueneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2017-04-01BenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2017-04-01ChlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  34. 2017-04-01TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  35. 2017-04-011,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  36. 2017-04-01TrichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  37. 2017-04-011,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  38. 2017-04-01Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  39. 2017-04-011,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  40. 2017-04-011,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  41. 2017-04-01trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  42. 2017-04-011,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  43. 2017-04-01Vinyl chlorideMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  44. 2017-04-01p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  45. 2017-04-01o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  46. 2017-04-01DichloromethaneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  47. 2017-04-01Xylenes, TotalMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  48. 2017-04-01cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  49. 2017-04-011,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  50. 2016-07-01Sodium ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  51. 2016-04-01Sodium ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  52. 2016-01-01Sodium ×2Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  53. 2016-01-01Styrene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  54. 2016-01-01Ethylbenzene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  55. 2016-01-01Toluene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  56. 2016-01-01Benzene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  57. 2016-01-01Chlorobenzene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  58. 2016-01-01Tetrachloroethylene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  59. 2016-01-011,1,2-Trichloroethane ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  60. 2016-01-01Trichloroethylene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  61. 2016-01-011,2-Dichloropropane ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  62. 2016-01-01Carbon tetrachloride ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  63. 2016-01-011,1,1-Trichloroethane ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  64. 2016-01-011,2-Dichloroethane ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  65. 2016-01-01trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  66. 2016-01-011,1-Dichloroethylene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  67. 2016-01-01Vinyl chloride ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  68. 2016-01-01p-Dichlorobenzene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  69. 2016-01-01o-Dichlorobenzene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  70. 2016-01-01Dichloromethane ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  71. 2016-01-01Xylenes, Total ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  72. 2016-01-01cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  73. 2016-01-011,2,4-Trichlorobenzene ×3Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  74. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served13,500
Service connections4,813
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityPennsville
EPA ZIP on file08070

Areas served

  • Salem County

Reading this record

Pennsville Twsp. Water Depart. is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 13,500 people in Pennsville, New Jersey. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.