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Is Alpha, NJ tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Alpha, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Alpha has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Aqua NJ - Phillipsburg.

Aqua NJ - Phillipsburg, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

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 Alpha’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Alpha

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab New Jersey certifies.

The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Alpha, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • All-State Well Testing Services LLC

    Washington, NJ · about 8 miles

    (908) 835-2510

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Wind Gap

    Wind Gap, PA · about 12 miles

    (215) 355-3900

  • Radata Analytical Lab

    Flanders, NJ · about 25 miles

    (973) 927-7834

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Alpha

Which ZIP codes are in Alpha: 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.

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