Private Wells

The goal of the Private Well Testing Act is to ensure that purchasers of residences and lessees of properties served by private potable wells are fully aware of the quality of their drinking water source prior to purchasing or leasing an apartment, home, or business.

The New Jersey Private Well Testing Act (N.J.S.A. 58:12A-26 et seq.) became effective in September 2002. The PWTA requires the buyer or the seller of a property to test the untreated well water prior to the sale and review the results prior the closing of title. It also requires landlords to test the private well water supplied to their tenants every five years and provide their tenants with a written copy of the results. The data generated by this program are provided to the homeowners by the laboratory performing the analyses and then sent to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The NJDEP notifies local health agencies when a well within their jurisdiction is tested under the PWTA. The data from the PWTA are used by NJDEP to assess the quality of the water from private wells throughout the state.

Please visit the PWTA webpage for additional information.

Hope Township is further divided into 11 grid blocks, each with its own statistics. The illustration below shows the location of each grid and the spreadsheet data references each of the numbered grids. The percentages refer to the number of wells that exceed a maximum contaminant level (MCL).

Examples of how to mitigate unacceptable levels are below. Much more information can be accessed at: EPA Private Drinking Water Wells