Public water system record
Newton Water & Sewer Utility
Serves Newton, Sussex County, NJ · 8,300 people served
Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Newton Water & Sewer Utility in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation.
System profile
Source water
Surface water
ZIP
07860
EPA system ID
NJ1915001
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 3
- Resolved
- 3
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 10
Key facts
- Newton Water & Sewer Utility draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2018.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by New Jersey, July 2000.
- Record on file since 1978, with 48 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,917 unknown out of 2,752 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
220 | Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved | No |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
220 | Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved | No |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
220 | Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Oct 11, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1978
EPA's records for Newton Water & Sewer Utility go back to 1978. Before October 19, 2016 they list 48 health-based violations (4 resolved, 44 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 118 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 | 6 |
| 1990s | 42 | 70 |
| 2000s | 6 | 37 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 2000, Resolved.
Show all 48 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2000 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 2000 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2000 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 2000 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 1999 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1998 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 1997 | Archived |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1996 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
May 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 1995 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1993 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 48 formal enforcement actions against Newton Water & Sewer Utility between 1993 and 2000, filed as 49 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2000.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2000 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (2 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jun 9, 2000 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 5, 2000 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 28, 1999 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 1, 1999 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Aug 2, 1999 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jun 24, 1999 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 21, 1999 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 27, 1999 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 27, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 24, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Aug 17, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 23, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jun 17, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 19, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 9, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 13, 1998 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 24, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 12, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 29, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 4, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 24, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jun 19, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| May 20, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 18, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 27, 1997 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 20, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 23, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 25, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 23, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 8, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 1, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 18, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 16, 1996 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 29, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Oct 25, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jul 21, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jun 23, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| May 25, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Apr 24, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 27, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 13, 1995 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 28, 1994 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 1, 1994 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 23, 1994 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 27, 1994 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Nov 29, 1993 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Sep 17, 1993 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule |
What the violations mean
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
2 incidentsDisinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit
Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
1 incidentHaloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit
Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk
Where the water comes from
Newton Water & Sewer Utility draws water from 1 surface water intake.
Annual water quality report
Newton Water & Sewer 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.
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