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Our Lady of the Mountain

At a glance

Our Lady of the Mountain (PWSID NJ1438310) is an active transient non-community water system in Morris County, New Jersey. It reports serving 204 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

204

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNJ1438310
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served204
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNJ state drinking water program
City servedWashington Twp.-1438
StateNew Jersey
ZIP—
CountyMorris County

How does Our Lady of the Mountain compare with other water systems in Morris County?

By EPA's size categories, Our Lady of the Mountain is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Morris County has 302 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,490 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 449,898 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across New Jersey, the 3,496 active systems average 2,750 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Our Lady of the Mountain is about 42% above that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. New Jersey has 2,277 active transient non-community water systems, 65% of the state's 3,496 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 3,313 New Jersey systems (95%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Our Lady of the Mountain?

EPA lists Our Lady of the Mountain as privately owned. The NJ state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 228 of the 302 active systems in Morris County (75%) are also privately owned.

Does Our Lady of the Mountain have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. The violations listed here began between July 1999 and January 2024. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (2 of them). EPA lists 3 as resolved and 1 as archived. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2024-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2016-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2003-06-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoArchived
1999-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

All 4 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Our Lady of the Mountain: frequently asked questions

Who runs Our Lady of the Mountain?

Our Lady of the Mountain (PWSID NJ1438310) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NJ state drinking water program.

How many people does Our Lady of the Mountain serve?

Our Lady of the Mountain reports serving 204 people through 1 service connection in Morris County, New Jersey.

Where does Our Lady of the Mountain get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Our Lady of the Mountain have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Our Lady of the Mountain's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NJ state drinking water program.

Where can I find Our Lady of the Mountain's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Our Lady of the Mountain is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Morris County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Southeast Morris County MuaMorris62,349CommunitySurface water
Parsippany-Troy Hills Water DepartmentMorris50,400CommunityPurchased surface water
Dover Water CommissionMorris27,806CommunityGroundwater
Montville Twp MuaMorris22,000CommunityPurchased surface water
Denville Twp Water DeptMorris15,881CommunityGroundwater
Madison Water DeptMorris15,820CommunityGroundwater

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Our Lady of the Mountain, PWSID NJ1438310, New Jersey”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-jersey/our-lady-of-the-mountain-nj1438310 (data as of October 1, 2026).