Is there PFAS in Nutley Water Dept tap water?
No PFAS were detected above the laboratory reporting limit.
Nutley Water Dept is a public water system in New Jersey, serving more than 10,000 people. The EPA required almost every system in the country to test for 29 PFAS compounds and published every result. These are that system’s own readings, not an estimate and not ours.
Every sample came back below the laboratory reporting limit for all 29 compounds. That means none was found at a level the method can measure, which is not the same as a guarantee of zero.
What actually removes it
Boiling does not remove PFAS and concentrates it. Reverse osmosis and certified activated carbon do. These are the highest-graded filters in our database, scored 0 to 100 on the chemistry of the filter itself.
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ZIP codes this system serves
07013, 07014, 07103, 07109, 07110
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Source, the EPA’s fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, final dataset published 2026-10-15. Original data → Figures are the system’s own reported results. Water quality changes, and a result from the monitoring period is not a statement about what is in the tap today.