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Essex County, New Jersey: drinking water records
This overview covers 31 ZIP codes and 23 community water systems in Essex County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Water Department NJ0714001 | 294,274 | 240 | 1 | 16 | 0 ppb |
| Bloomfield Water Department NJ0702001 | 53,315 | 120 | 0 | 19 | 1.3 ppb |
| Montclair Water Bureau NJ0713001 | 40,150 | 240 | 5 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Belleville Water Dept NJ0701001 | 35,129 | 95 | 0 | 25 | 1.7 ppb |
| Orange Water Dept NJ0717001 | 30,134 | 180 | 5 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Nutley Water Dept NJ0716001 | 29,500 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.6 ppb |
| Verona Water Department NJ0720001 | 13,641 | 240 | 8 | 2 | 0 ppb |
| Cedar Grove Water Dept NJ0704001 | 12,900 | 240 | 3 | 3 | 0 ppb |
| West Caldwell Water Department NJ0721001 | 10,759 | 120 | 5 | 4 | 0 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Short Hills NJ0712001 | 217,230 | 900 | 7 | 0 | 3 ppb |
| East Orange Water Commission NJ0705001 | 75,000 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2.7 ppb |
| Livingston TWP Div of Water NJ0710001 | 27,391 | 630 | 8 | 0 | 4.2 ppb |
| South Orange Water Department NJ0719001 | 16,964 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 2 ppb |
| Caldwell Water Dept NJ0703001 | 9,027 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 1.9 ppb |
| Glen Ridge Water Dept NJ0708001 | 7,681 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Fairfield Water Dept NJ0707001 | 7,400 | 120 | 8 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| North Caldwell Water Dep NJ0715001 | 6,000 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2.9 ppb |
| Roseland Water Dept NJ0718001 | 5,300 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 ppb |
| Hillandale Mobile Home Park MD0060206 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Ivy Woods CT1429201 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 ppb |
| Essex Fells Water Dept NJ0706001 | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 ppb |
| Essex Fells Water Hilltop System NJ0706002 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| North Caldwell - Hilltop NJ0715002 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 ppb |
ZIP reports in Essex County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.