Which numbers apply to your Passaic County office depends on the system behind your meter. The Passaic Valley Water Commission’s 2025 Water Quality Report (2024 calendar-year data) shows PFOA at 8.76 ppt and PFOS at 5.42 ppt for the roughly 310,000 people it serves in Paterson, Clifton, Passaic, Prospect Park, and Woodland Park: above the incoming 4 ppt federal limits, below New Jersey’s enforced 14 and 13 ppt limits, with no violation issued.[1] HYDR8 delivers office water service Passaic County NJ buildings can verify: bottleless filtration at the tap, matched to the exact system that feeds your address.
Passaic County water, system by system: the reported numbers
This page covers five systems with published data across Passaic County: the Passaic Valley Water Commission (PWSID NJ1605002, about 310,483 served across Paterson, Clifton, Passaic, Prospect Park, and Woodland Park), Wayne Township’s Division of Water (55,000 served along the I-80 and Route 23 office belt), the NJ American Water Little Falls system (11,247), Wanaque Borough serving Wanaque and Haskell (10,266), and the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, the regional wholesale plant that supplies several of them.
Above incoming federal limit
PFOA, Little Falls system
9 ppt running annual average (range 4 to 11 ppt)
2.2x the 4 ppt federal MCL (2024 rule, compliance due 2029); 14 ppt current NJ limit
Source: NJAW Little Falls WQR
Above incoming federal limit
PFOA, Passaic Valley Water Commission
8.76 ppt highest running annual average (range 5.5 to 11.0 ppt)
2.1x the 4 ppt federal MCL (2024 rule, compliance due 2029); 14 ppt current NJ limit
Source: PVWC 2025 WQR
Above incoming federal limit
PFOS, Passaic Valley Water Commission
5.42 ppt highest running annual average (range 3.6 to 7.1 ppt)
1.3x the 4 ppt federal MCL (2024 rule, compliance due 2029); 13 ppt current NJ limit
Source: PVWC 2025 WQR
Within limits
TTHMs, Passaic Valley Water Commission
52.83 ppb highest annual average, 2023 sampling (individual results 22.8 to 79.6 ppb)
Limit: 80 ppb EPA MCL
Source: PVWC WQR
Within limits
Lead, Wayne Township (90th percentile)
Not detected; 0 of 33 sites above the action level (2023 monitoring)
Limit: 15 ppb EPA Action Level
Source: Wayne 2024 WQR
Reviewed against each utility’s published Water Quality Report, including PVWC’s 2025 report covering 2024 calendar-year data, and EPA national primary drinking water standards. Pulled from HYDR8’s water dataset in July 2026. Every number on this page links to its source.
Is Passaic County tap water safe to drink?
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By the standards enforced today, yes: every system on this page meets New Jersey’s current limits, and no violation has been issued on the numbers below. The nuance is federal. PVWC’s 2025 report (2024 calendar-year data) shows PFOA and PFOS above the stricter 2024 federal limits that systems must meet by 2029, at 8.76 and 5.42 ppt against 4 ppt for each.[1][4]
The county’s numbers are not one number. PVWC serves about 310,000 people through the Paterson, Clifton, and Passaic corridor, while Wayne runs its own township system whose latest report shows lead as not detected at the 90th percentile across 33 monitoring sites.[1][3] Same county, different supplies, different results.
And every one of these reports stops at the property line. What reaches your breakroom also travels through the building’s own plumbing, which no utility report measures. For an office, the only number that settles the question is one measured at your own tap.
Does Passaic County water have PFAS?
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Yes, in the two supplies with the county’s highest reported values, at levels below New Jersey’s enforced limits and above the incoming federal ones. PVWC’s 2025 report (2024 data) shows PFOA at 8.76 ppt (range 5.5 to 11.0) and PFOS at 5.42 ppt (range 3.6 to 7.1) at its treatment plant entry point, each against a 4 ppt federal MCL due for compliance in 2029 and against New Jersey’s current 14 and 13 ppt limits.[1][4][6]
The NJ American Water Little Falls system reports a PFOA running annual average of 9 ppt (range 4 to 11 ppt), compliant with the enforced NJ 14 ppt limit and above the incoming federal 4 ppt.[2] Neither utility is in violation; both numbers mean an office on these supplies gains real margin from point-of-use filtration, which reduces PFAS below the strictest figure on its own system’s report.
Why filter at the office if Passaic County utilities already treat the water?
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Because the report that covers your county is not the report that covers your tap. Three Passaic County specifics make the case:
- Your corridor picks your numbers. The Paterson and Clifton commercial corridors, the St. Joseph’s Health footprint, and the large multifamily and commercial stock in Woodland Park all draw from PVWC and its published PFAS figures, while the office belt along I-80, Route 23, and Route 46 sits on Wayne’s separate township system.[1][3] Point-of-use filtration reduces PFAS at the tap on either supply.
- The service line is the last mile the report skips. PVWC is mid-execution on a $36M program replacing 6,500 customer-side lead service lines in Paterson, Clifton, Passaic, and Prospect Park, and its own tap sampling (2023 monitoring) reads 7.28 ppb lead at the 90th percentile, below the 15 ppb action level.[1] Older commercial buildings carry their own plumbing story, and filtration at the tap covers it while replacement work runs its course.
- Averages hide ranges. PVWC’s disinfection byproducts (TTHMs) averaged 52.83 ppb at the highest distribution location in 2023 sampling against an 80 ppb limit, with individual results running 22.8 to 79.6 ppb depending on where and when the sample was drawn.[1][5] Compliance is average-based; what your floor drinks on a given day is a point on the range.
Office water service Passaic County NJ: what HYDR8 installs
HYDR8 installs bottleless water coolers and hydration stations that filter the building’s municipal supply at the point of use, matched to the specific Passaic County system that feeds your address. Multi-stage filtration reduces PFAS, lead, disinfection byproducts, and sediment at the tap your team actually drinks from.
Coverage spans the county’s mapped ZIP codes across its four retail systems: Paterson, Clifton, and Passaic on PVWC supply, the Wayne office belt, Little Falls and Woodland Park, and Wanaque and Haskell to the north. Installation, filter changes, and sanitization run on a scheduled service plan, and the equipment quote is matched to your building’s headcount and water profile.
HYDR8 publishes the same system-by-system data pages for the neighboring Essex County and Morris County office corridors.
Five systems serve Passaic County. One audit tells you which numbers are yours.
Run your ZIP through the free instant water report, or book the audit and get your building’s measured numbers with a filtration plan matched to them.
