New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 9E - PRIVATE WELL TESTING ACT RULES
Subchapter 2 - SAMPLING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:9E-2.1 - Parameters for which testing is required
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:9E-2.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Each water sample shall be analyzed for the following parameters:
1.
Total coliform bacteria;
2. If the
sample tests positive for total coliform bacteria, the sample shall be analyzed for
Escherichia coli, in accordance with
N.J.A.C.
7:18-4.6;
3. Nitrate;
4. Iron;
5. Manganese;
6. pH;
7. All volatile organic compounds for which
maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) have been established under the Safe Drinking
Water Act,
N.J.S.A. 58:12A-1et seq.,
and implementing rules, N.J.A.C. 7:10;
8. Lead;
9. Arsenic;
10. Gross alpha particle activity, determined
using the 48 Hour Rapid Gross Alpha Test, in accordance with N.J.A.C.
7:18;
11. As of March 3, 2019, the
synthetic organic compounds, 1,2,3-trichloropropane, ethylene dibromide, and
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane; and
12. As
of December 1, 2021, the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances perfluorononanoic acid
(PFNA), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
(PFOS).
(b) In addition to the parameters listed at (a) above, water samples collected from Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem County locations shall be analyzed for mercury.
(c) In addition to the parameters listed at (a) above, water samples collected from Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren County locations shall be analyzed for uranium.
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