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Water hardness in Boonton

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Boonton, New Jersey.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
1
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Boonton Water Dept

NJ1401001 · Surface water · 9,532 people served system-wide

A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.0011 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

8% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.63 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

125% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1993 to Jun 30, 1993

Violation history (63)
Imported violation history for Boonton Water Dept
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedDec 30, 2025 to Mar 26, 2026
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Aug 5, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleArchivedJul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
TTHMResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Aug 5, 2025
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleResolvedMay 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Jul 23, 2024
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2023 to Jun 25, 2025
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleArchivedJul 1, 2023 to Jul 31, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2023 to Jun 20, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedDec 30, 2022 to Apr 7, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Jun 22, 2022
TTHMResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Feb 3, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleHealth-basedResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Nov 24, 2021
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Boonton has 1 published ZIP profile across Morris County. The regional-evidence median is 127 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard1 ZIP
Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
1.4 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 1Low: 0

Observation window: Aug 1, 2016 to Sep 25, 2023.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Boonton

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

07005

Hard

127 PPM

Nearest site
1.4 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Boonton

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.