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 New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute
The New Jersey Drinking Water
Quality Institute, established by the 1983
amendments to the New Jersey Safe Drinking
Water Act (N.J.S.A. 58:12A1 et seq., P.L.
1983, c. 443), is responsible for developing
maximum contaminant levels (MCL) or standards
for hazardous contaminants in drinking water
and recommending these standards to the Commissioner
of the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection
(NJDEP). The standard setting process was
established within the 1983 amendments to
the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act.
There are fifteen members of the Institute.
Six members serve ex officio and 9 members
are appointed three each by the Governor,
the President of the Senate, and the Speaker
of the Assembly. The appointed members are
from the academic scientific community, the
public or the regulated public water supply
systems. The Governor designates the Chairman
of the Institute. The first meeting of the
Institute was held in March 1985.
In addition to recommending drinking standards
to the Commissioner of NJDEP, the Institute
is responsible for making recommendations
for the implementation of the drinking water
quality program. Three subcommittees were
established to address the main areas of
concern outlined in the legislation. The Health
Effects Subcommittee (formerly Lists
and Levels Subcommittee) is responsible for
recommending health based levels for the
contaminants listed in the legislation and
for developing an additional list of drinking
water contaminants based on occurrence in
New Jersey drinking waters. For carcinogenic
contaminants, the statutory goal is to establish
a standard which would not, within the limits
of medical, scientific and technological
feasibility, permit cancer in more than one
in one million persons ingesting the contaminant
over a lifetime. For noncarcinogens, the
statutory goal is to establish a standard,
which would not result in any adverse physiological
effects following ingestion within the limits
of practicability and feasibility. The Testing
Subcommittee is responsible for developing
appropriate analytical methods to measure
levels as close to the health based levels
as possible and developing appropriate monitoring
frequencies. The Treatment Subcommittee (formerly
Program Subcommittee) is responsible for
evaluating best available treatment technologies
for removal of the hazardous contaminants
from drinking water, as well as overall program
review. More recently, a Radon Ad-Hoc
Subcommittee was
formed to evaluate the risks, costs, and
benefits associated with regulating radon
in drinking water based on occurrence data
within the state.
Upcoming Meetings: None scheduled at this time.
Meeting Minutes (Minutes are posted after approval at the subsequent meeting.)
Recommendations for Maximum Contaminant Levels
- Hazardous Contaminants, March 2009
- Radon-222, February 2009
- Perchlorate, October 2005
- Arsenic, March 2003
- Radium, May 2002
- Hazardous Contaminants, September 1994
- Hazardous Contaminants, March 1987
- Health-Based Maximum Contaminant Level Support Documents
- Appendix
B - Section A - Benzene
- Appendix
B - Section B - Carbon Tetrachloride
- Appendix
B - Section C - Chlordane
- Appendix
B - Section D - Chlorobenzene
- Appendix
B - Section E - Dichlorobenzenes
- Appendix
B - Section F - 1,2-Dichloroethane
- Appendix
B - Section G - Dichloroethylenes (1,1-Dichloroethylene,
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene)
- Appendix
B - Section H - Ethylene Glycol
- Appendix
B - Section I - Formaldehyde
- Appendix
B - Section J - n-Hexane
- Appendix
B - Section K - Kerosene
- Appendix
B - Section L - Methyl Ethyl Ketone
- Appendix
B - Section M - Methylene Chloride
- Appendix
B - Section N - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- Appendix
B - Section O - Tetrachloroethylene
- Appendix
B - Section P - 1,2,4 -Trichlorobenzene
- Appendix
B - Section Q- 1,1,1 - Trichloroethane
- Appendix
B - Section R - Trichloroethylene
- Appendix
B - Section S - Vinyl Chloride
- Appendix
B - Section T - Xylene
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