2024 Water Quality Report
Posted June 23, 2025Belleville is committed to providing a reliable supply of safe, quality drinking water to its residents. The purpose of this report is to provide you, our customer, with information on the sources of your drinking water. This report will also describe the water treatment process and explain what potential substances may be found in drinking water. Health information and a listing of the amounts of detected substances and how they compare to the state and federal regulations are also provided.
This report confirms that your drinking water is safe. However, as you may know, in the past, the Township was experiencing issues with the monitoring schedule for the following contaminants: water quality parameters (orthophosphate). Also, we experienced issues with excursions from the optimal water quality parameter control values. In these situations, you have been notified of the violations, what the Belleville Water Department is doing to remediate these issues, as well as, what actions you should be taking as a consumer of our water. We are actively implementing improvements to our water system to provide you with a better quality of drinking water, i.e., Newark has made treatment modifications to reduce the levels of disinfection by-products; hydrant flushing and revised sampling procedures to reduce positive total coliform results; and, Newark has eliminated silica and is now utilizing zinc orthophosphate for corrosion control which coats the lead pipes and fixtures to prevent lead from corroding and leaching into our drinking water thus lowering lead levels. Finally, the Township submitted one (1) Remedial Measures Report due to the said water quality parameter excursions.
Results of all of Belleville Township water sampling can be reviewed at the NJDEP Drinking Water Watch web site: https://www9.state.nj.us/DEP_WaterWatch_public/
If you would like additional information or if you have any questions concerning this report, you can contact the Belleville Water Department at 973-450-3414. Public participation regarding water quality is welcomed at scheduled Township Council meetings as noted on the Township website.