- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 4.
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 4 of 4 samples, average 8.6 ppt, highest 11 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Nov 2024–May 2025)
Public EPA test results
What EPA records show for Manchester Utilities Authority
EPA NJ1603001 · serves Haledon Boro-1603, NJ · about 12,000 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
Manchester Utilities Authority (EPA NJ1603001)
What EPA records show for Manchester Utilities Authority, as of October 14, 2026
5 health-based violations since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0.81 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 4.
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 Manchester Utilities Authority use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Manchester Utilities Authority's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)