Public water system · NJ1615321
ActiveVeolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake
At a glance
Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake (PWSID NJ1615321) is an active transient non-community water system in Passaic County, New Jersey. It reports serving 52 people through 17 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2018.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
52
Service connections
17
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake compare with other water systems in Passaic County?
By EPA's size categories, Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Passaic County has 149 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 3,267 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 486,758 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 Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake is about 64% below 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 Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake?
EPA lists Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake 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. 107 of the 149 active systems in Passaic County (72%) are also privately owned.
Does Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2018. The violations listed here began between January 1992 and May 2018. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Nitrate (3 of them). EPA lists 4 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-01 | ReportingReport Startup Procedures Cert Form (RTCR) · code 4C | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 1999-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 1997-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 1993-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Resolved |
| 1992-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 5 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 - Greenwood Lake: frequently asked questions
Who runs Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake?
Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake (PWSID NJ1615321) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NJ state drinking water program.
How many people does Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake serve?
Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake reports serving 52 people through 17 service connections in Passaic County, New Jersey.
Where does Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake 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 Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2018. 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 - Greenwood Lake'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 5 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in May 2018. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NJ state drinking water program.
Where can I find Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Veolia Water New Jersey - Greenwood Lake 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 Passaic County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passaic Valley Water Commission | Passaic | 310,483 | Community | Surface water |
| Township of Wayne | Passaic | 55,000 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Manchester Utilities Authority | Passaic | 12,000 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Pompton Lakes Mua | Passaic | 11,435 | Community | Groundwater |
| Nj American Water - Little Falls | Passaic | 11,247 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Totowa W Dept | Passaic | 10,804 | 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 - Greenwood Lake, PWSID NJ1615321, New Jersey”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/new-jersey/veolia-water-new-jersey-greenwood-lake-nj1615321 (data as of October 1, 2026).