- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 8.5 ppt, highest 12 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 6.3 ppt, highest 8.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 4.9 ppt, highest 6.8 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 4.2 ppt, highest 5.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 3.8 ppt, highest 5.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1.4 ppt, highest 5.7 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 0.90 ppt, highest 3.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 0.80 ppt, highest 3.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Mar 2024–Sep 2024)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 2.78 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, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Dover tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NJ1409001 · serves Dover Town-1409, NJ · about 27,806 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
Dover Water Commission (EPA NJ1409001)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Dover's main utility, Dover Water Commission: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NJ1409001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Dover Water Commission, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (NJ1409001) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Dover Water Commission (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 2.78 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, 2022–Dec 31, 2024). 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 8.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Dover Water Commission use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Dover Water Commission's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.