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Is Cologne, NJ tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Cologne, 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

None of the 3 utilities serving Cologne has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records.

Hamilton Township Mua, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 5.2 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.

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

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Hamilton Township Mua’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Cologne

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 Cologne, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Vineland Environmental Laboratories LLC

    Vineland, NJ · about 17 miles

    (856) 692-6800

  • South Jersey Water Test LLC

    Williamstown, NJ · about 18 miles

    (856) 875-3506

  • Eurofins Philadelphia - Vineland

    Vineland, NJ · about 19 miles

    (215) 355-3900

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Cologne

Which ZIP codes are in Cologne: 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 Cologne

Other towns in Burlington County with a page of their own.

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