New Jersey Tap Water Quality Report

316 cities analyzed • 7,837,778 people served

Updated March 2026 • Data from EWG & EPA SDWIS

316

Cities Analyzed

12.3

Avg Above Guidelines

7,837,778

Total Population Served

Best Water Quality

Oxford (0 above guidelines)

Most Concerns

Livingston (24 above guidelines)

Most Common Contaminants in New Jersey

Contaminant	Found In	% of Cities
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs) carcinogen	287 of 316	91%
Chloroform carcinogen	285 of 316	90%
Bromodichloromethane carcinogen	282 of 316	89%
Dibromochloromethane carcinogen	281 of 316	89%
Haloacetic acids (HAA5) carcinogen	274 of 316	87%
Dichloroacetic acid carcinogen	258 of 316	82%
Manganese	232 of 316	73%
Barium	227 of 316	72%
Bromoform carcinogen	212 of 316	67%
Trichloroacetic acid carcinogen	210 of 316	66%

City-by-City Water Quality Rankings

Ranked by number of contaminants above EWG health guidelines (most to fewest).

#	City	Detected	Above Guidelines	Above Legal	People Served
1	Camden	48	24	2	46,585
2	Livingston	48	24	1	27,391
3	Ramsey	46	23	1	15,207
4	Moorestown	48	22	0	20,700
5	Maple Shade	39	22	0	19,400
6	East Hanover Township	44	22	2	11,393
7	Short Hills	41	21	1	217,230
8	Glassboro	40	21	0	24,244
9	Point Pleaseant Beach	42	21	0	12,520
10	Keansburg	37	21	0	10,105
11	Woodbury	44	21	0	9,963
12	Matawan	39	21	0	9,084
13	National Park	40	21	2	3,144
14	Woodbury Heights	40	21	0	3,008
15	Essex Falls	45	21	2	2,200
16	Highland Lakes	36	20	2	792,713
17	Bound Brook	38	20	1	615,430
18	Colts Neck	35	20	0	335,449
19	Ridgewood	41	20	2	61,700
20	Pennsauken	45	20	2	47,144
21	Rocky Hill	44	20	1	45,450
22	Braddock	42	20	0	39,174
23	Garfield	43	20	2	30,487
24	West Deptford	41	20	0	22,000
25	Belmar	37	20	0	20,000
26	Park Ridge	45	20	1	16,466
27	South River	34	20	0	16,000
28	Saddle Brook Twp	37	20	1	13,155
29	Winfield Twp	39	20	1	1,600
30	Shrewsbury Township	37	20	0	499
31	Hopewell	41	20	2	0
32	Mickleton	40	20	1	0
33	Delran	37	19	0	264,586
34	Iselin	43	19	2	233,376
35	Cedar Knolls	39	19	1	62,349
36	Parsippany	35	19	1	50,400
37	East Brunswick Twp	43	19	0	48,474
38	Hamilton	42	19	0	44,396
39	Rahway	38	19	1	27,300
40	Highland Park	43	19	2	14,000
41	Spring Lake Heights	38	19	0	11,270
42	Pine Hill	38	19	0	10,233
43	Manalapan	30	19	0	6,600
44	Brielle	39	19	0	4,800
45	Ancora	37	19	0	2,506
46	Old Bridge	45	18	0	67,215
47	Fair Lawn Boro	32	18	1	31,000
48	Deptford	39	18	0	30,561
49	Freehold	28	18	1	29,831
50	Wall Twp	39	18	0	26,000
51	Burlington	35	18	1	22,594
52	Berlin	38	18	0	13,001
53	Oakland	36	18	2	12,754
54	Mantua	42	18	0	12,600
55	Westmont	39	18	0	11,938
56	Cherry Hill	31	18	0	10,719
57	Wanaque	35	18	2	10,266
58	Pitman	40	18	0	9,545
59	Toms River	35	17	0	123,184
60	East Orange	34	17	1	75,000
61	Perth Amboy	34	17	2	52,328
62	Lakewood	34	17	1	27,614
63	Williamstown	35	17	0	26,179
64	Montville	30	17	1	22,000
65	Elmwood Park Boro	35	17	0	20,374
66	Chatham	37	17	2	13,641
67	Gloucester	24	17	1	12,460
68	Woodland Park	35	17	2	12,000
69	Florham Park	25	17	1	8,846
70	Branchville	24	17	2	1,500
71	Allenwood	34	17	0	30
72	Fairfield	35	17	1	0
73	Clifton	35	16	2	310,483
74	New Brunswick	28	16	2	55,000
75	Willingbor0	35	16	1	35,000
76	Mahwah	30	16	2	26,777
77	Manchester Twp	33	16	0	23,100
78	Bridgeton	30	16	0	22,770
79	Madison	30	16	0	15,820
80	Harrison	35	16	1	14,425
81	Pompton Plains	39	16	3	14,010
82	Clinton	35	16	2	12,500
83	Florence	30	16	2	11,214
84	Totowa Borough	35	16	2	10,804
85	Ringwood	37	16	2	9,327
86	Englishtown	26	16	0	2,504
87	New Lisbon	25	16	2	2,014
88	Hohokus Boro	26	16	2	0
89	Hoboken	29	15	2	262,000
90	Atlantic City	28	15	3	152,415
91	Bayonne	25	15	0	63,000
92	Mt Laurel Twp	25	15	0	41,743
93	Kearny	27	15	0	41,664
94	Succasunna	22	15	1	30,134
95	Mays Landing	24	15	0	21,720
96	Lyndhurst	30	15	1	20,500
97	Hawthorne	27	15	2	19,458
98	Sparta	35	15	1	17,628
99	Denville	28	15	1	15,881
100	Rockaway	31	15	2	14,000
101	Pennsville	28	15	1	13,500
102	Pompton Lakes	30	15	0	11,435
103	Waldwick	30	15	2	10,208
104	Clayton	24	15	0	8,179
105	Hopatcong	24	15	2	7,224
106	Wharton	25	15	1	6,011
107	Pennington	22	15	2	2,600
108	Essex Fells	27	15	2	354
109	Wayne	25	14	0	55,000
110	Sayreville	29	14	1	43,761
111	Monroe Township	32	14	2	33,402
112	Dover	22	14	2	27,806
113	Hackettstown	19	14	0	22,000
114	Point Pleasant	28	14	0	19,600
115	South Orange	21	14	2	16,964
116	Caldwell	23	14	2	9,027
117	Glen Ridge	26	14	0	7,681
118	Westville	25	14	2	6,000
119	Ledgewood	21	14	1	5,153
120	Long Valley	32	14	1	4,866
121	Flemington	30	14	2	4,581
122	Lambertville	22	14	0	3,960
123	Brooklawn	25	14	2	2,300
124	Boonton	29	14	1	305
125	Trenton	24	13	0	217,000
126	Brick Twp	22	13	1	86,898
127	Marlboro	22	13	0	46,196
128	Seaside Heights	17	13	0	20,000
129	Barnegat	24	13	0	20,000
130	Beachwood	21	13	0	10,802
131	Spotswood	19	13	1	8,300
132	Salem	26	13	1	6,199
133	Paulsboro	22	13	0	6,097
134	Roseland	22	13	2	5,300
135	Riverdale	20	13	1	4,012
136	Netcong	21	13	2	3,342
137	High Bridge	22	13	0	3,300
138	Kinnelon	18	13	2	3,010
139	Alpha	19	13	0	2,530
140	Seabrook	26	13	0	2,463
141	Manchester	18	13	2	1,300
142	Stockholm	21	13	2	1,000
143	West Creek	14	13	2	80
144	Helmetta	18	13	0	0
145	Newark	23	12	0	294,274
146	Wildwood	22	12	0	218,472
147	Egg Harbor Township	19	12	0	127,000
148	Turnersville	26	12	0	48,000
149	Bloomfield	23	12	0	47,315
150	Avalon	17	12	0	39,839
151	Montclair	25	12	0	37,669
152	Vineland	32	12	0	36,250
153	Belleville	23	12	0	35,129
154	Cape May	19	12	0	35,000
155	Millville	25	12	0	27,500
156	Brant Beach	21	12	0	25,295
157	East Windsor Township	23	12	0	25,000
158	Mansquan	19	12	0	14,000
159	Hammonton	27	12	0	12,153
160	Washington	24	12	0	11,793
161	West Caldwell	22	12	2	10,759
162	Bellmawr	22	12	0	9,522
163	West Cape May	20	12	0	4,600
164	Woodbine	21	12	2	2,650
165	Glen Gardner	21	12	1	1,705
166	Milford Boro	17	12	0	1,453
167	Pittsgrove	16	12	1	1,276
168	Convent Station	14	12	0	1,100
169	Lawrenceville	16	12	1	1,000
170	Fieldsboro	23	12	0	650
171	Chester	14	12	0	310
172	Blakely	17	12	0	300
173	Glenwood	24	12	0	150
174	Cape May Point	19	12	0	0
175	Jackson	21	11	0	35,424
176	Edison	22	11	0	35,000
177	Manahawkin	22	11	0	28,863
178	Beach Haven	15	11	0	20,000
179	Bordentown	23	11	0	15,821
180	Waretown	18	11	0	15,419
181	Cedar Grove	16	11	0	12,900
182	Berkeley Twp	18	11	0	11,235
183	Lincoln Park	16	11	1	11,000
184	Lake Hopatcong	20	11	2	8,500
185	Allamuchy Township	20	11	0	5,423
186	Gibbstown	18	11	0	4,921
187	Minotola	20	11	0	4,880
188	Ogdensburg	14	11	0	2,800
189	East Newark	17	11	0	2,406
190	Andover	13	11	0	1,410
191	Califon	12	11	0	1,401
192	Seaville	17	11	0	300
193	Elmer	18	11	0	259
194	Rosemont	15	11	0	256
195	Green Creek	14	11	0	95
196	Cape May Court House	19	11	1	90
197	Bradley Beach	15	11	0	81
198	Newfoundland	18	11	0	40
199	Somerset	16	10	0	56,300
200	Marlton	18	10	0	45,538
201	Stone Harbor	15	10	0	30,850
202	Little Egg Harbor	20	10	0	24,215
203	Fiar Lawn	20	10	0	23,500
204	Medford	24	10	0	17,272
205	Short Mills	17	10	0	11,247
206	Butler	18	10	1	7,630
207	Mount Arlington	15	10	0	6,342
208	Stanhope	22	10	2	3,730
209	Pine Beach	13	10	0	2,130
210	Fairton	12	10	0	1,841
211	Stockton	17	10	0	650
212	Oraange Park	19	10	0	450
213	Crofton	15	10	0	300
214	Wyckoff	16	10	2	225
215	Hambrug	13	10	1	175
216	Summit	14	10	0	100
217	Hamburg	15	10	0	0
218	Milltown	17	10	2	0
219	Nutley	18	9	0	29,500
220	Forked River	22	9	0	29,000
221	Ventor City	17	9	0	22,150
222	Sea Isle City	18	9	0	15,800
223	Seaside Park	17	9	0	15,000
224	Brigantine	20	9	0	14,450
225	Pemberton	21	9	0	12,378
226	Longport	15	9	0	10,777
227	Villas	19	9	0	10,315
228	Surf City	11	9	0	10,000
229	Newton	19	9	0	8,300
230	Budd Lake	16	9	1	7,887
231	Bloomingdale Boro	10	9	1	7,742
232	Franklin	15	9	0	5,500
233	Clementon	14	9	0	5,000
234	Woodstown	21	9	0	4,455
235	Atlantic Highlands	9	9	0	4,385
236	Sussex	18	9	0	2,201
237	Hardyston Twp	21	9	0	1,963
238	Farmingdale	12	9	0	1,500
239	Whiting	13	9	0	440
240	West Chester	11	9	0	420
241	Wall	17	9	0	250
242	Hope	11	9	0	224
243	Egg Haror City	17	9	0	150
244	Norristown	15	9	0	100
245	Hancocks Bridge	11	9	0	60
246	Blairstown Township	12	9	0	0
247	Chatam	12	8	0	8,962
248	Aberdeen Township	10	8	0	6,775
249	North Caldwell	10	8	0	6,000
250	Highstown	14	8	0	5,400
251	Ocean Gate	11	8	0	3,200
252	Lake Como	10	8	0	3,000
253	Wenonah	13	8	0	2,357
254	Robbinsville	11	8	0	2,000
255	Montague Township	10	8	0	1,983
256	Pemeberton	12	8	0	1,610
257	Atco	11	8	0	1,184
258	Wrightstown	10	8	0	748
259	Rio Grande	12	8	0	650
260	Orange	11	8	0	500
261	Sergeantsville	12	8	1	500
262	Titusville	10	8	0	356
263	Morristown	13	8	1	270
264	Pedricktown	11	8	0	200
265	Howell	9	8	0	184
266	Cranford	12	8	0	32
267	Island Heights Boro	11	8	0	0
268	Barnegat Light	11	8	0	0
269	Leesburg	12	8	0	0
270	Lavallette	14	7	0	25,000
271	Southampton	11	7	0	4,926
272	Lakehurst	10	7	0	2,650
273	Mount Holly	11	7	0	700
274	Lafayette	10	7	0	300
275	Shamong	14	7	0	300
276	Mullica Hill	12	7	0	291
277	Skokie	8	7	0	260
278	Mamora	9	7	0	49
279	Randolph Twp	12	6	0	14,820
280	Farmington Hills	10	6	0	1,493
281	Jackson Tonwship	8	6	0	282
282	Pittsgove	11	6	0	250
283	Pittsford	15	6	2	210
284	Brick	18	6	0	207
285	Franklinville	9	6	0	140
286	Harvey Cedars	10	5	0	6,360
287	Egg Harbor Twp	9	5	0	392
288	Stamford	9	5	0	300
289	Tabernacle	9	5	0	135
290	Wantage Twp	7	5	0	122
291	Oceanview	10	5	0	120
292	Oak Ridge	9	5	2	100
293	Lebanon	14	5	2	97
294	Bloomsbury	10	5	1	50
295	North Haledon	9	4	2	250
296	Browns Mills	9	4	0	200
297	Pittstown	7	4	0	190
298	Apache Junction	6	4	0	120
299	Sicklerville	6	4	2	90
300	Mine Hill	5	4	0	0
301	Allamuchy	5	3	0	232
302	Monroeville	10	3	0	130
303	Columbia	6	3	0	0
304	Creamridge	6	2	0	128
305	Berwyn	2	2	0	110
306	Orlando	5	2	0	101
307	Voorhees	6	2	0	64
308	West Milford	5	2	0	55
309	Eastampton	4	2	0	40
310	Perrineville	1	1	0	137
311	Winslow Twp	4	1	0	100
312	New River	11	1	0	70
313	Waterford Works	4	1	0	49
314	Oxford	2	0	0	430
315	Brooklyn	2	0	0	75
316	Columbi	3	0	0	64

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is New Jersey tap water safe to drink?

Water quality varies significantly across New Jersey. Of the 316 cities analyzed, the average city has 12.3 contaminants above EWG health guidelines. The best water quality was found in Oxford. We recommend checking your specific city's report for detailed information.

What city has the best water in New Jersey?

Based on our analysis, Oxford has the fewest contaminants above EWG health guidelines in New Jersey, with 0 above guideline levels.

What city has the worst water in New Jersey?

Based on our analysis, Livingston has the most contaminants above EWG health guidelines in New Jersey, with 24 above guideline levels.

What's the best water filter for New Jersey residents?

For most New Jersey households, we recommend a reverse osmosis (RO) system for drinking water and a whole-home filter for showers and baths. The specific recommendation depends on your city's contaminant profile — check your city's report for personalized guidance.

National Water Quality Reports

Data sources: Environmental Working Group (EWG) Tap Water Database, U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)

Last updated: March 2026

Methodology: Contaminant levels are compared against both EPA legal limits (Maximum Contaminant Levels) and EWG health guidelines, which are often stricter and based on the latest scientific research.

New Jersey Water Quality Report (2026)