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Water Quality
Ridgewood Water does not add fluoride to your drinking water. Water hardness in our service area is 14 grains or 250ppm. If your water is discolored, (gray, brown, yellow, orange) this is most likely due to minerals building up in our water mains. These minerals are harmless, but as more people start watering their lawns…
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General Info The Environmental Working Group (EWG) recently released a report raising concerns about the presence of chromium 6 – also known as hexavalent chromium – in public water supplies. Hexavalent chromium, a suspected carcinogen, is the contaminant made famous by the 2000 movie “Erin Brockovich.”Ridgewood Water shares the EWG’s concern for water quality and…
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Find out if you have a lead service line. Call RW at 201-670-3372 to find out if your home or business has a lead service line. Avoid using stagnant water (water that has not been used in 6 hours or more). Flush stagnant water out of your pipes by letting your faucet run for 15…
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Lead Updates and Resources Lead Service Line Replacement Program Ridgewood Water Program Initiation Press NJDEP Lead Exposure Reduction Why Did I Receive a Lead Service Line Notice? Ridgewood Water Service Line Look-up Tool As part of New Jersey’s legislative mandate to remove all lead service lines (including galvanized iron) by July 2031, water utilities need…
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Ridgewood Water Consumer Confidence Reports 2023 Ridgewood Water Quality Report * 2022 Ridgewood Water Quality Report 2021 Ridgewood Water Quality Report 2020 Ridgewood Water Quality Report 2019 Ridgewood Water Quality Report 2018 Ridgewood Water Quality Report 2017 Ridgewood Water Quality Report *Please Note* – The ‘2023 Ridgewood Water Quality Report’ contains an error. On Page…
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