Is Alloway, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
Neither of the 2 utilities serving Alloway has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.
Woodstown Water Department, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Alloway’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Woodstown Water Department
New Jersey · serves 4,455 people · about 220 in Alloway
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 33.1 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
NJ American Water - Salem City
New Jersey · serves 4,794 people · under 100 in Alloway
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 4.7 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Alloway
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Alloway, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Batta Laboratories, LLC
Newark, DE · about 19 miles
Eurofins Philadelphia - Vineland
Vineland, NJ · about 20 miles
South Jersey Water Test LLC
Williamstown, NJ · about 22 miles
Which ZIP codes are in Alloway: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: NJDEP Office of Quality Assurance, certified drinking water labs; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Alloway
Other towns in Salem County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Woodstown Water Department’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water