Is Buena, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Buena have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Vineland Water & Sewer Utility and Newfield Water Department.
Buena Borough Mua, 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 Buena’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Buena Borough Mua
New Jersey · serves 4,880 people · about 3,000 in Buena
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Vineland Water & Sewer Utility
New Jersey · serves 36,250 people · about 1,900 in Buena
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOS at 10.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Newfield Water Department
New Jersey · serves 1,616 people · under 100 in Buena
1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 2.2 ppm, above the action level.
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Buena
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Buena, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Eurofins Philadelphia - Vineland
Vineland, NJ · about 4 miles
Vineland Environmental Laboratories LLC
Vineland, NJ · about 6 miles
South Jersey Water Test LLC
Williamstown, NJ · about 8 miles
Which ZIP codes are in Buena: 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 Buena
Other towns in Atlantic County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Buena Borough Mua’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water