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Glassboro Water Department

Serves Glassboro, Gloucester County, NJ · 24,244 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 20 monitoring/reporting issues for Glassboro Water Department in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Lead and Copper Rule violation.

  • NJ0806001
  • GLASSBORO
  • NJ
  • 24,244 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 08028
EPA system ID NJ0806001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
20

Key facts

  • Glassboro Water Department draws water from 8 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New Jersey, June 2014.
  • Record on file since 1979, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,629 unknown out of 5,059 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Active
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2025 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
 Jan 1, 2025 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
 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 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
 Jul 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1979

EPA's records for Glassboro Water Department go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (2 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 39 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 7
1980s 0 8
1990s 2 0
2000s 2 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 20
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 17

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2001, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2001 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Feb 1, 2001 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1994 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

New Jersey regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Glassboro Water Department in 2014. The most recent was an administrative penalty in June 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 5, 2014 New Jersey Administrative penalty 17 violations: Combined Uranium, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Nitrate

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Glassboro Water Department draws water from 8 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from NJ American Water - Western. 1 other community water system buys water from Glassboro Water Department.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Glassboro 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

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