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Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes

At a glance

Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes (PWSID NJ0220001) is an active community water system in Bergen County, New Jersey. It reports serving 5,038 people through 1,948 service connections. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2020.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

5,038

Service connections

1,948

Primary source

SWP

Purchased surface water

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNJ0220001

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served5,038

Service connections1,948

Primary water sourcePurchased surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNJ state drinking water program

City servedFranklin Lakes Boro-0220

StateNew Jersey

ZIP—

CountyBergen County

How does Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes compare with other water systems in Bergen County?

By EPA's size categories, Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes is a medium system (3,301 to 10,000 people). Bergen County has 51 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 22,621 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 1,153,643 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes is about 25% below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. New Jersey has 582 active community water systems, 17% of the state's 3,496 active systems. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 128 New Jersey systems (3.7%) list purchased surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes?

EPA lists Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes 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. 29 of the 51 active systems in Bergen County (57%) are also privately owned.

Does Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2020. The violations listed here began between January 2005 and December 2020. By type: 9 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Surface Water Treatment Rule, Chlorine, Combined Uranium and Radium-226. EPA lists 9 as resolved. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2020-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2020-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2014-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	No	Resolved
2014-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-226code 4020	No	Resolved
2014-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Radium-228code 4030	No	Resolved
2014-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2014-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000	No	Resolved
2005-10-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2005-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved

All 9 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.

Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes: frequently asked questions

Who runs Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes?

Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes (PWSID NJ0220001) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NJ state drinking water program.

How many people does Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes serve?

Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes reports serving 5,038 people through 1,948 service connections in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Where does Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased surface water. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own.

Does Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2020. 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 Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes' 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 9 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in December 2020. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NJ state drinking water program.

Where can I find Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes' water quality report?

As a community water system, Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Bergen County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Veolia Water New Jersey Hackensack	Bergen + 1 more	792,713	Community	Surface water
Ridgewood Water	Bergen	61,700	Community	Purchased surface water
Fair Lawn Water Dept	Bergen	35,564	Community	Purchased surface water
Garfield Water Department	Bergen	30,487	Community	Purchased surface water
Mahwah Water Department	Bergen	26,777	Community	Surface water
Passaic Valley Wc Lodi Wd	Bergen	24,136	Community	Purchased surface water

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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, “Veolia Water New Jersey Franklin Lakes, PWSID NJ0220001, New Jersey”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-jersey/veolia-water-new-jersey-franklin-lakes-nj0220001 (data as of October 1, 2026).