Bellville Water System Violated Drinking Water Standard & NJ Requirements

From the Township of Belleville:

Posted December 27, 2019

Belleville Water Department Haloacetic Acid 5 (HAA5) Samples Indicate Non-Compliance with a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL), and, Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Samples Indicate Non-Compliance with a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for Over One Year

Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard and a New Jersey drinking water requirement. Even though this was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we are doing to correct the situation.

We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results from October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 show that our system exceeds the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL), for HAA5. The standard for HAA5 is 60 parts per billion. It is determined by averaging all samples collected at each sampling location for the last 12 months. The levels of HAA5 averaged at two of our system’s four locations for October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 were 63 and 62 parts per billion respectively.

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