Boonton Water Dept
Community water system in Boonton Town, Morris County, New Jersey, serving 9,532 people from surface water. 4 rules violated in the past three years. Owned by local government.
Quarterly compliance history
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Still in violation
EPA data updated Oct 7, 2026
TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes)
TTHMs are four compounds — chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, bromoform — formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water.
TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes)
TTHMs are four compounds — chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, bromoform — formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water.
What it means: TTHMs are four compounds — chloroform, bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane, bromoform — formed when chlorine reacts with organic matter in water. They are among the most common disinfection byproducts and form more readily in surface water systems with high organic loads.
Health effects: Long-term exposure is associated with increased bladder cancer risk. Some studies link high TTHM exposure to adverse reproductive outcomes. Bromodichloromethane is classified as a possible human carcinogen.
Limit: 0.080 mg/L (80 ppb) locational running annual average (LRAA)
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Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
HAA5 are five haloacetic acids formed when chlorine disinfectants react with naturally occurring organic matter in source water.
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
HAA5 are five haloacetic acids formed when chlorine disinfectants react with naturally occurring organic matter in source water.
What it means: HAA5 are five haloacetic acids formed when chlorine disinfectants react with naturally occurring organic matter in source water. Higher levels occur with more organic-rich source water or when water sits longer in distribution pipes. The violation indicates the locational running annual average exceeded the MCL.
Health effects: Dichloroacetic acid is a probable human carcinogen (Group B2). Long-term exposure to trichloroacetic acid may also increase cancer risk. Animal studies show liver, kidney, and reproductive effects at high doses.
Limit: 0.060 mg/L (60 ppb) locational running annual average (LRAA)
About this contaminantAlso violated in the past three years
Oct to Dec 2023 to Oct to Dec 2026
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), finalized in 1998, strengthened protections for systems serving 10,000 or more people by tightening…
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), finalized in 1998, strengthened protections for systems serving 10,000 or more people by tightening…
What it means: The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR), finalized in 1998, strengthened protections for systems serving 10,000 or more people by tightening turbidity limits and requiring Cryptosporidium removal. It was an intermediate step between the original SWTR and the Long-Term Enhanced SWTRs.
Health effects: Violations indicate failure to meet treatment technique requirements that reduce exposure to Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and other microbial pathogens. Cryptosporidium poses the greatest risk to immunocompromised individuals, infants, and the elderly, and can cause severe or fatal illness in vulnerable populations.
Limit: Treatment technique — no numeric MCL; compliance means meeting turbidity limits (0.3 NTU in 95% of monthly samples) and Cryptosporidium removal benchmarks
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Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)
The 1991 LCR uses action levels rather than MCLs: if the 90th percentile of high-risk tap samples exceeds 15 ppb lead or 1.3 mg/L copper, the system must take…
Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)
The 1991 LCR uses action levels rather than MCLs: if the 90th percentile of high-risk tap samples exceeds 15 ppb lead or 1.3 mg/L copper, the system must take…
What it means: The 1991 LCR uses action levels rather than MCLs: if the 90th percentile of high-risk tap samples exceeds 15 ppb lead or 1.3 mg/L copper, the system must take escalating corrective actions. Violations typically indicate failure to maintain adequate corrosion control — the treatment that keeps lead from leaching out of pipes, solder, and fixtures.
Health effects: Lead: no safe level for children. Causes irreversible neurological damage, impaired cognitive development, behavioral problems, and reduced IQ in children under 6. In adults: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, kidney damage. Copper: acute gastrointestinal distress at high levels; liver/kidney damage at very high chronic levels.
Limit: Action levels: lead 15 ppb, copper 1.3 mg/L — 90th percentile of tap samples at high-risk sites
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EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several in the same period. Unresolved means still in violation at EPA's latest data refresh. Measured contaminant levels are not part of this record; each system publishes them in its annual Consumer Confidence Report.
Service area from EPA's Public Water System Service Area Boundaries dataset: State Agency. The system's location is the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The New Jersey records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.