Public water system record
Rahway Water Department
Serves Rahway, Union County, NJ · 27,300 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Rahway Water Department 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
- 8
Key facts
- Rahway Water Department draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by New Jersey, April 1993.
- Record on file since 1989, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 64 lead and 753 unknown out of 8,180 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
|
Oct 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1989
EPA's records for Rahway Water Department go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (5 resolved, 7 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3 | 0 |
| 1990s | 5 | 0 |
| 2000s | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 3 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began November 2013, Resolved.
Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Aug 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1992 | Archived |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1991 | Archived |
|
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1991 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1989 | Archived |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1989 | Archived |
|
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1989 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Rahway Water Department between 1991 and 1993, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 1993.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 1993 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations (4 health-based): Tetrachloroethylene, Trichloroethylene |
| Nov 13, 1991 | New Jersey | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations (3 health-based): Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene |
Where the water comes from
Rahway Water Department draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also buys water from Middlesex Water Company. It also has an emergency connection to NJ American Water - Raritan.
Buys water from
- Middlesex Water Company Iselin, NJ
Emergency or part-time connections to
- NJ American Water - Raritan Brtidgewater, NJ
Annual water quality report
Rahway 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
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