 Bureau
Chief: Vacant
401 East State Street
P.O. Box 426
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0426
Telephone: (609) 292-5550
Fax: (609) 292-1654
The Bureau of Safe Drinking Water is responsible
for ensuring public water systems satisfy
Federal and State drinking water standards
and the other provisions of the Federal and
State Safe Drinking Water Acts.
The Bureau of Safe Drinking Water also:
- Assists public water systems in achieving
and maintaining compliance with the Safe
Drinking Water Act regulations and to ensure
public health protection
- Administers activities under the Federal
Public Health, Security, and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act
- Coordinates the Source
Water Assessment Program
- Implements the Private
Well Testing Act
- Performs Capacity Development reviews
for the operation of new public water systems
- Administers Capacity
Development Program for existing
public water systems
- Assesses current training activities
and identifies training needs for water
system operators for continuing education
requirements
- Provides quality assurance oversight
for both analytical data and source water
information
- Processes volatile organic compound
and synthetic organic compound waivers
for water systems
- Reviews Consumer Confidence Reports
- Coordinates the activities of the Drinking
Water Quality Institute with the Division
of Science Research and Technology
- Ensures violations of drinking water
standards are identified
The Bureau’s three sections are:
Implementing Regulations are:
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