Is Vernon Center, NJ tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 6 utilities serving Vernon Center 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 Vernon Valley.
Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.8 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 Vernon Center’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley
New Jersey · serves 5,517 people · about 340 in Vernon Center
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 1.8 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Aqua NJ - Vernon
New Jersey · serves 515 people · about 140 in Vernon Center
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 14 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Hidden Village Condo Association
New Jersey · serves 175 people · under 100 in Vernon Center
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Veolia Water NJ Grandview Estates
New Jersey · serves 59 people · under 100 in Vernon Center
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Veolia Water New Jersey Lake Conway
New Jersey · serves 80 people · under 100 in Vernon Center
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.8 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Veolia Water New Jersey David Curtis
New Jersey · serves 53 people · under 100 in Vernon Center
3 results above the health goal. The worst: Uranium at 28.1 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Vernon Center
The 3 labs New Jersey certifies closest to Vernon Center, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Well Qualified LLC
Lafayette, NJ · about 12 miles
Advanced Water Technology LLC
Sparta, NJ · about 13 miles
Environmental Laboratory Services, LLC
Ringwood, NJ · about 14 miles
ZIP codes in Vernon Center
Which ZIP codes are in Vernon Center: 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 Vernon Center
Other towns in Sussex County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Veolia Water New Jersey Vernon Valley’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About UraniumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Uranium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water