Public water system record
Borough of Clayton
Serves Clayton, Gloucester County, NJ · 8,179 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Borough of Clayton 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
- 7
Key facts
- Borough of Clayton 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 2012.
- Record on file since 1979, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,922 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 |
|---|---|---|
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Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
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Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
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Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Borough of Clayton go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 82 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 7 |
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 2000s | 0 | 63 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Borough of Clayton in 2012. The most recent was an administrative penalty in April 2012.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2012 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane |
| Feb 15, 2012 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, Toluene, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Benzene |
Where the water comes from
Borough of Clayton draws water from 4 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Borough of Clayton 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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