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Is Princeton Tap Water Safe to Drink?

Yes! Generally Safe to Drink*

LAST UPDATED: 4:29 am, May 3, 2021
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Can You Drink Tap Water in Princeton?

Yes, tap water is drinkable.

Tap Safe includes data from many publicly available sources, including the WHO (World Health Organization), CDC (Center for Disease Control), and user submitted databases, but unfortunately there's not enough data about Princeton.

To see user submitted ratings of the water quality for New Jersey, see the "User Submitted Ratings" box on this page.

The estimated price of bottled water

$1.10 in USD (1.5-liter)

USER SUBMITTED RATINGS

Princeton tap water
  • Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility 14% Very Low
  • Water Pollution 25% Low
  • Drinking Water Quality and Accessibility 86% Very High
  • Water Quality 75% High

The above data is comprised of subjective, user submitted opinions about the water quality and pollution in Princeton, measured on a scale from 0% (lowest) to 100% (highest).

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Contaminants


NJ American Water - Raritan

EWG's drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, as well as information from the U.S. EPA Enforcement and Compliance History database (ECHO). For the latest quarter assessed by the U.S. EPA (January 2019 - March 2019), tap water provided by this water utility was in compliance with federal health-based drinking water standards.

Utility details

  • Serves: 615430
  • Data available: 2012-2017
  • Data Source: Surface water
  • Total: 31

Contaminants That Exceed Guidelines

  • 1
  • 4-Dioxane
  • 1
  • 4-Dioxane
  • Bromodichloromethane
  • Chloroform
  • Chromium (hexavalent)
  • Dibromoacetic acid
  • Dibromochloromethane
  • Dichloroacetic acid
  • Haloacetic acids (HAA5)†
  • Nitrate
  • Nitrate and nitrite
  • Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHXS)
  • Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)†
  • Trichloroacetic acid
  • Uranium

Other Detected Contaminants

  • Aluminum
  • Barium
  • Bromate
  • Bromochloromethane
  • Bromoform
  • Chlorate
  • Chromium (total)
  • Fluoride
  • Manganese
  • Molybdenum
  • Monobromoacetic acid
  • Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHPA)
  • Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)
  • Strontium
  • Vanadium

Reminder

Always take extra precautions, the water may be safe to drink when it leaves the sewage treatment plant but it may pick up pollutants during its way to your tap. We advise that you ask locals or hotel staff about the water quality. Also, note that different cities have different water mineral contents.

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