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What is in the water at 07069

2 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

NJ AMERICAN WATER - SHORT HILLS

PWSID NJ0712001 · NJ · serves 217,230 people

PFAS and lithium

8 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 49 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium28 µg/L58/8/2023
PFPeA0.028 µg/L108/8/2023
PFHxA0.011 µg/L78/3/2023
PFOA0.0091 µg/L168/8/2023
PFBA0.0065 µg/L48/3/2023
PFOS0.0061 µg/L38/11/2023
PFHxS0.0036 µg/L28/10/2023
PFBS0.0031 µg/L28/10/2023

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

Median hardness 204 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 5 stations serving this system across 44 results, 2015-11-24 to 2022-09-22. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

NJ AMERICAN WATER - RARITAN

PWSID NJ2004002 · NJ · serves 615,430 people

PFAS and lithium

7 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 25 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium36 µg/L68/21/2024
PFOA0.0075 µg/L88/27/2024
PFOS0.0068 µg/L38/27/2024
PFBA0.0059 µg/L28/21/2024
PFPeA0.0043 µg/L38/21/2024
PFHxA0.0036 µg/L18/21/2024
PFHxS0.0036 µg/L28/21/2024

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

Median hardness 116 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 22 stations serving this system across 256 results, 2015-02-04 to 2023-09-20. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

What this report cannot tell you

Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.