Public water system record
Rockaway Twp Water Dept
Serves White Meadow Lake and Mount Hope, Morris County, NJ · 14,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 14 monitoring/reporting issues for Rockaway Twp Water Dept in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 14
Key facts
- Rockaway Twp Water Dept draws water from 8 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New Jersey, July 2014.
- Record on file since 1988, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,505 unknown out of 4,444 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 10, 2023 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 17, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Dec 12, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jun 12, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Rockaway Twp Water Dept go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 136 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 8 |
| 1990s | 0 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0 | 114 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 9 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 13 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 2011, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2011 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Rockaway Twp Water Dept between 1997 and 2014, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in July 2014.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2014 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 3 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Combined Uranium |
| Mar 5, 1999 | New Jersey | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations: Nitrate |
| Mar 18, 1997 | New Jersey | Signed compliance agreement | 2 violations: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Rockaway Twp Water Dept draws water from 8 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Dover Water Commission.
Buys water from
- Dover Water Commission Dover, NJ
Annual water quality report
Rockaway Twp Water Dept 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