Is East Millstone, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving East Millstone has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Franklin Township Dept of Public Works.
Franklin Township Dept of Public Works, 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 9.0 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 East Millstone’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Franklin Township Dept of Public Works
New Jersey · serves 57,150 people · about 3,600 in East Millstone
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 9.0 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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NJ American Water - Raritan
New Jersey · serves 615,430 people · about 290 in East Millstone
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029, 3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: PFOA at 7.5 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Franklin Township Dept of Public Works’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOA, Lead
Water testing near East Millstone
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to East Millstone, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
EMSL Analytical Inc.
Piscataway, NJ · about 5 miles
Environmental Compliance Monitoring Inc.
Hillsborough, NJ · about 7 miles
Eurofins Edison
Edison, NJ · about 7 miles
ZIP codes in East Millstone
Which ZIP codes are in East Millstone: 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 East Millstone
Other towns in Somerset County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Franklin Township Dept of Public Works’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOARanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water