Public water system record
Hoboken Water Utility
Serves Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ · 52,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Hoboken Water Utility 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
- 1
Key facts
- Hoboken Water Utility buys its water from Jersey City MUA.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New Jersey, August 1991.
- Record on file since 1979, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 95 lead and 3,351 unknown out of 5,678 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1979
EPA's records for Hoboken Water Utility go back to 1979. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 42 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 8 |
| 1980s | 0 | 26 |
| 1990s | 0 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Hoboken Water Utility in 1991, filed as 16 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in August 1991.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1991 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 8 violations: Barium, Arsenic, Mercury, Selenium, Nitrate |
| Aug 31, 1991 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 8 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Mercury, Selenium, Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Hoboken Water Utility buys its water from Jersey City MUA. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Hoboken Water Utility.
Buys water from
- Jersey City MUA Hoboken, NJ
Community systems that buy water from it
- Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack Haworth, NJ
Annual water quality report
Hoboken Water Utility 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.
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