Public water system record
City of Bayonne
Serves Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ · 63,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Bayonne 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
- City of Bayonne buys its water from N.J.D.W.S.C. - Wanaque North.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New Jersey, February 1993.
- Record on file since 1979, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 2,287 lead and 8,439 unknown out of 12,276 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, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for City of Bayonne go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 28 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 8 |
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 1 | 9 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 1995, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against City of Bayonne in 1993, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in February 1993.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 1993 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 8 violations: Vinyl chloride, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Trichloroethylene |
| Feb 23, 1993 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 16 violations: Vinyl chloride, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Trichloroethylene |
Where the water comes from
City of Bayonne buys its water from N.J.D.W.S.C. - Wanaque North. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from City of Bayonne.
Buys water from
- N.J.D.W.S.C. - Wanaque North Glenwood, NJ
Community systems that buy water from it
- PVWC-North Arlington Clifton, NJ
Annual water quality report
City of Bayonne 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