What EPA records show for Perth Amboy Water Department
EPA NJ1216001 · serves Perth Amboy City--1216, NJ · about 52,328 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Perth Amboy Water Department (EPA NJ1216001)
What EPA records show for Perth Amboy Water Department, as of October 14, 2026
3 health-based violations since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Perth Amboy Water Department use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Perth Amboy Water Department's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 7.
PFOA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 15.3 ppt, highest 19 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
HFPO-DA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 11.9 ppt, highest 14 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 4.7 ppt, highest 5.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 3.9 ppt, highest 4.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
PFOS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 4 samples, average 3.5 ppt, highest 4.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
PFBA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 4 samples, average 2.5 ppt, highest 5.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 2 of 4 samples, average 1.6 ppt, highest 3.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Apr 2024–Jan 2025)
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2026). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Health-based violation: Radionuclides and Revised Rad Rule, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, from Jan 2026, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS)
Health-based violation: Radionuclides and Revised Rad Rule, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, from Oct 2025, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS)
Health-based violation: Radionuclides and Revised Rad Rule, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, from Jul 2025, with no return-to-compliance action in EPA records (EPA SDWIS)
Source: EPA SDWIS (ECHO SDWA bulk download), data as of Oct 14, 2026
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, data as of Oct 15, 2026
These are EPA's public records for this water system, shown as of October 14, 2026. If you represent this utility, or think a record here is wrong, tell us: Report an error. If the error is in EPA's own records, your state drinking water program can correct it there, and this page updates at our next data refresh.
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