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Is Saddle River, NJ tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Saddle River, 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 Saddle River has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack.

Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029 and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: PFOA at 14 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 Saddle River’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 Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack’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 Saddle River

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

  • Environmental Laboratory Services, LLC

    Ringwood, NJ · about 9 miles

    (973) 728-8044

  • Radon Testing Corporation of America Inc.

    Elmsford, NY · about 14 miles

    (914) 345-3380

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC-Fairfield

    Fairfield, NJ · about 16 miles

    (973) 227-0422

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Saddle River

Which ZIP codes are in Saddle River: 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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