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Is Silver Lake, NJ tap water safe?

5 utilities serve Silver Lake, 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.

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The short answer

5 of the 5 utilities serving Silver Lake have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Belleville Water Dept, Bloomfield Water Department, Bridgeton City Water Dept and 2 more.

Belleville Water Dept, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.9 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

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 Silver Lake’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 Belleville Water Dept’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 Silver Lake

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

  • Environmental Compliance Monitoring Inc.

    Hillsborough, NJ · about 1 mile

    (908) 874-0990

  • EMSL Analytical Inc.

    Piscataway, NJ · about 10 miles

    (732) 981-0550

  • SGS North America Inc. - Dayton

    Dayton, NJ · about 12 miles

    (609) 594-5409

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Silver Lake

Which ZIP codes are in Silver Lake: 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 Silver Lake

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

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