Public water system record
Berlin Water Department
Serves Berlin and West Berlin, Camden County, NJ · 12,991 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Berlin Water Department in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 13
Key facts
- Berlin Water Department draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New Jersey, April 2014.
- Record on file since 2003, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 818 unknown out of 5,372 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jul 11, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Mar 11, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Dec 11, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 2003
EPA's records for Berlin Water Department go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 61 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 54 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 7 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began May 2016, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Berlin Water Department in 2014. The most recent was an administrative penalty in April 2014.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2014 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 5 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Combined Uranium |
| Jan 21, 2014 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 5 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Combined Uranium |
Where the water comes from
Berlin Water Department draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from NJ American Water - Western.
Buys water from
- NJ American Water - Western Delran, NJ
Annual water quality report
Berlin Water Department must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by New Jersey.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells