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Is Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ tap water safe?

3 utilities serve Upper Greenwood 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

None of the 3 utilities serving Upper Greenwood Lake 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 - Awosting, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 3.1 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 Upper Greenwood Lake’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Upper Greenwood 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 Upper Greenwood Lake, 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 7 miles

    (973) 728-8044

  • Advanced Water Technology LLC

    Sparta, NJ · about 17 miles

    (800) 440-8265

  • Well Qualified LLC

    Lafayette, NJ · about 18 miles

    (973) 362-1306

All 89 certified labs for New Jersey

ZIP codes in Upper Greenwood Lake

Which ZIP codes are in Upper Greenwood 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.

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