Sussex, NJ
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Sussex in New Jersey · Population: 145,117
Sussex, NJ is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 3 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 43 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 26/100 (Low Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 896 lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 16 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Water Systems (43)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| SPARTA TWP WATER UTILITY - LAKE MOHAWK | 17,625 | 7 |
| NEWTON WATER & SEWER UTILITY | 8,300 | 3 |
| HOPATCONG WATER DEPT | 7,224 | 0 |
| VEOLIA WATER NEW JERSEY VERNON VALLEY | 5,517 | 2 |
| FRANKLIN BD OF PUBLIC WORKS | 5,500 | 0 |
| CLEMENTON WATER DEPARTMENT | 5,000 | 0 |
| STANHOPE W DEPT | 3,730 | 0 |
| HAMBURG BOARD OF PUBLIC | 3,382 | 0 |
| SWEDESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT | 2,824 | 0 |
| OGDENSBURG W DEPT | 2,800 | 0 |
| SUSSEX W DEPT | 2,201 | 24 |
| CEDAR GLEN LAKES WATER C | 2,126 | 1 |
| MONTAGUE WATER CO. | 1,983 | 0 |
| HARDYSTON TWP MUA | 1,963 | 0 |
| SPARTA TWP WATER UTILITY -- HIGHLANDS | 1,618 | 0 |
| BRANCHVILLE W DEPT | 1,500 | 3 |
| FOREST LAKES WATER | 1,410 | 0 |
| ELMER BORO W DEPT | 1,385 | 0 |
| BROOKWOOD MUSCONETCONG RIVER POA | 1,087 | 0 |
| LAKE TAMARACK W CO | 1,000 | 6 |
| HARDYSTON TWP MUA | 769 | 3 |
| ANDOVER BORO WATER DEPT | 606 | 0 |
| SAINT PAULS ABBEY | 530 | 0 |
| ESTAUGH CORP T/A MEDFORD LEAS | 450 | 0 |
| SPARTA TWP WTR - SUNSET | 342 | 0 |
| PINEVIEW TERRACE INCORPORATED | 300 | 0 |
| HILLSIDE ESTATES AT FRANKLIN | 300 | 0 |
| CARRIAGE MOBILE HOMES INC | 300 | 1 |
| LAKE STOCKHOLM INC | 300 | 0 |
| MOHAWK MEADOWS | 250 | 3 |
| MARSHWOOD ESTATES | 233 | 2 |
| SIMMONS W CO | 180 | 0 |
| GREEN HILLS EST PROP OWN | 175 | 0 |
| HIDDEN VILLAGE CONDO ASSOCIATION | 175 | 0 |
| N.J.D.W.S.C. - WANAQUE NORTH | 150 | 1 |
| TOWN CENTER AT WANTAGE | 122 | 4 |
| NORTH SHORE WATER ASSOCIATION | 105 | 7 |
| SUSSEX CNTY HLTH-THE HOMESTED | 100 | 3 |
| STRAWBERRY POINT POA | 95 | 0 |
| SHERWOOD VILLAGE | 75 | 1 |
| HILLSIDE VILLAGE | 75 | 0 |
| COLBY WATER CO | 65 | 0 |
| CULVER LAKE WATER COMPANY | 40 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (3)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmed of New Jersey | 885 lbs |
| 2 | Diamond Sand & Gravel Inc. | 11 lbs |
| 3 | Pavestone Cst - Branchville Nj Plant | 0 lbs |
Cities in Sussex (6)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.