Helpful Links

Additional information about your water.

Private Well Testing Act (PWTA)


The NJDEP
A great website for the PWTA law. They list a toll free Hotline at the bottom of the home page.
www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/
pw_pwta.html

The EPA
A great website for information.
https://www.epa.gov/ground-
water-and-drinking-water

Treatment Options


National Sanitation Foundation
Phone: (800) NSF-MARK
www.nsf.org

Water Quality Association
Phone: (630) 505-0160
https://www.wqa.org/

USEPA Safe Drinking Water
Phone: (800) 426-4791
www.epa.gov/safewater

Health Effects


NJDEP PWTA
Phone: (866) 4PW-TEST
www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/
pw_pwta.html

Bureau of Safe Drinking Water
Phone: (609) 292-5550
or use the Toll Free Hotline:
(866) 479-8378
www.state.nj.us./dep/watersupply/

EPA booklet – "Water on Tap – What you need to know"
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
wot/pdfs/book_waterontap_full.pdf

Rutgers booklet – "Interpreting Drinking Water Quality Analysis – What do the Numbers Mean?"
http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/
pubs/pdfs/e214.pdf

Safe Drinking Water
Phone: (800) 426-4791
www.epa.gov/safewater/mcl.html

NJ Dept of Health Brochures for Drinking Water & Health https://safewater.zendesk.com/
hc/en-us/categories/201454937

Remediation/Treatment
Funding Sources


NJ Spill Fund Environmental Claims Administration
A property owner may file a claim for reimbursement for most of the expenses incurred to install a treatment device for a potable well or to connect to a public water supply because of a hazardous substance in the water. A claimant has 1 year from the date he/she learns that the well is contaminated above standards to file a claim.
Phone: (609) 633-0719
www.state.nj.us/dep/srp/


NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) has a potable water loan program that is available to owners of single family residences whose source of potable water exceeds the State of New Jersey Primary Drinking Water Standards, including lead and mercury. In addition, the loan program covers iron and manganese although these contaminants do not have Primary Drinking Water Standards
Phone: Hotline (800) 654-6873
www.state.nj.us/dca/hmfa/