Bergen County tap water
15 of 17 water systems serving Bergen County with full PFAS testing averaged above a 2024 federal PFAS level at one or more sampling points.
- 22 community water systems list this county as served; 17 serve 3,300+ people with full PFAS testing.
- 3 had a health-based violation since 2021-10-26.
Largest systems serving this county
| System | Source | People served (whole system) | PFAS above a 2024 level? | Violations since 2021-10-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack | Surface water | 792,713 | Yes | 0 |
| Ridgewood Water | Purchased surface water | 61,700 | Yes | 0 |
| Fair Lawn Water dept | Purchased surface water | 35,564 | Yes | 3 |
| Garfield Water department | Purchased surface water | 30,487 | Yes | 0 |
| Mahwah Water department | Surface water | 26,777 | Yes | 0 |
| Passaic Valley Wc Lodi Wd | Purchased surface water | 24,136 | Yes | 0 |
| Lyndhurst Water department | Purchased surface water | 22,000 | Yes | 0 |
| Elmwood Park Water dept | Purchased surface water | 20,374 | No | 0 |
| Hawthorne Water department | Groundwater | 19,458 | No | 1 |
| Park Ridge Water dept | Groundwater | 16,466 | Yes | 0 |
| Pvwc-North Arlington | Purchased surface water | 15,392 | Yes | 0 |
| Ramsey Water dept | Purchased surface water | 15,207 | Yes | 0 |
Which one is yours? A county usually has several utilities. Your bill or your utility's annual water-quality report names yours. Population is for the whole system, which can cross county lines.
Not medical or legal advice. UCMR 5 results are screening data, not compliance determinations.
Sources and freshness
Public-water-system facts, violations and lead/copper results: EPA ECHO SDWA download (SDWIS snapshot 2026-10-13). PFAS and lithium results: EPA UCMR 5 final data (sampling 2023–2025). Both are U.S. government works, downloaded 2026-10-26. Numbers are computed by the published method; the same fields are in the open data files.