Montclair Releases Latest Drinking Water Quality Report

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Montclair officials released the latest Drinking Water Quality report for the township on Tuesday.

As part of the annual report, the Montclair Water Bureau noted that “our water meets all state and federal standards.”

The analysis covers Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2021, and was made by using the data from the most recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) required tests. See the full report online here.

According to the report, here’s where Montclair gets its water from:

“The Township of Montclair and the Borough of Glen Ridge obtain their water from North Jersey District Water Supply Commission (NJDWSC). The Township of Montclair and the Borough of Glen Ridge are partners in the NJDWSC, which owns and operates the 29.6 billion-gallon Wanaque Reservoir and Treatment Plant and the seven-billion-gallon Monksville Reservoir. The Borough of Glen Ridge has three interconnections with Montclair through which it receives its water supply. 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 three municipal wells, one in each of the three pressure zones. Glenfield Well is the only well online during the spring/summer of 2021. Carbon Absorbers were installed in 2017. Lorraine Well will have carbon absorbers installed in 2021 and will run in 2022. No wells will run without carbon treatment.”

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