Public water system record
Alpha Municipal Water Works
Serves Alpha, Warren County, NJ · 2,530 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 35 monitoring/reporting issues for Alpha Municipal Water Works 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
- 35
Key facts
- Alpha Municipal Water Works draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by New Jersey, September 2010.
- Record on file since 1980, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 170 unknown out of 1,031 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
|
Dec 30, 2025 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2022 | Active |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Active |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
OTHER
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 30, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Oct 11, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Mar 11, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Alpha Municipal Water Works go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 315 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 9 |
| 1990s | 1 | 260 |
| 2000s | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 38 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 11 |
| 2020s | 0 | 9 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2011, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1991 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
New Jersey regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Alpha Municipal Water Works in 2010, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was an administrative penalty in September 2010.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2010 | New Jersey | Administrative penalty | 9 violations (2 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Alpha Municipal Water Works draws water from 3 wells.
Annual water quality report
Alpha Municipal Water Works 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