Montclair Releases Annual Drinking Water Report

Do you know where your water comes from?

In Montclair, the water in your home is supplied by the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission (NJDWSC), which owns and operates the 29.6 billion-gallon Wanaque Reservoir and Treatment Plant and the seven-billion-gallon Monksville Reservoir.

The water is received by the Township of Montclair through its Grove Street Pumping Station and is pumped throughout Montclair. The Montclair system also includes 3 municipal wells, one in each of the 3 pressure zones.

Every year, the municipal water department releases a Drinking Water Quality Report, which is composed of data from the most recent tests required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

This year’s report indicates that Montclair’s water supply “meets all state and federal standards,” according to the municipal website.

See the full report here.

WHAT’S IN THE WATER?

According to the report, Montclair’s water contains:

• Hardness (as CaCO3) in parts per million: 348 (recommended upper limit is 250)
• PH level of 7.8
• Total dissolved solids in parts per million: 548 (recommended upper limit is 500)
• Unregulated contaminants averaging: “1,4-dioxane,” (0.108 ppb); Chlorates (48.874 ppb); Chromium-6 (0.074); Perfluoroheptanoic Acid (0.011 ppb); Perfluorooctanoic Acid (0.046 ppb); Strontium (596.426 ppb); Vanadium (1.895 ppb)

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