ASSEMBLY, No. 1400
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA
District 34 (Essex)
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Rodriguez, Assemblywoman Hall, Assemblyman Wimberly, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson, Katz, Collazos-Gill, Carter, Park, Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblyman Guardian, Assemblywomen McCann Stamato, Lampitt, Ramirez, Quijano, Bagolie, Senator Ruiz, Assemblymen Miller and Hutchison
SYNOPSIS
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on November 13, 2025, with amendments.
An Act concerning notification of violations of drinking water quality standards, and supplementing P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The owner or operator of a public water system shall immediately notify, by telephone and electronic mail, the governing body of a municipality and the chief administrator of every school district, charter school, 1[and]1 nonpublic school1, and institution of higher education1 located within the municipality whenever the public water system 1[violates any drinking water quality standard for drinking water supplied by the public water system within the municipality] incurs a violation requiring a Tier 2 Public Notice required pursuant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations at Part 141, subpart Q of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations1. The notification shall provide the name of any contaminant that exceeds a drinking water quality standard, the maximum contaminant level or the action level, as appropriate, for the contaminant, the level of the contaminant found on each date, the dates when the tests were performed, the location of each sample tested, and the location of each sample tested that exceeds a maximum contaminant level or action level. The owner or operator of the public water system shall also provide information on suggested remedies that a customer may take to address the violation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.