Water and sewer on a New Jersey property
A property page on NJ Property Maps says whether the address falls inside a mapped public water system and a mapped sewer system. It names the system, and it asks you to verify with the provider.
Inside a mapped system
When the address point falls inside a sewer service area, the page names that system. The sentence is: this lot is within that sewer system. Please verify with the provider.
When the address point falls inside a public water delivery area, the page names that system the same way. Please verify with the provider.
The two lines are separate. A house can be inside a public water system and outside the sewer area, or the reverse. The page will say so.
Outside the service area
When the address point is outside every mapped sewer service area, the page says the lot is most likely on septic because it is outside the mapped sewer service area. Please verify.
When the address point is outside every mapped public water area, the page says the lot is most likely on a well because it is outside the mapped public water service area. Please verify.
Those sentences are the map talking. A well permit and a septic approval are records the town or the county health office keeps. The provider confirms a connection.
Where the maps come from
Sewer comes from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection sewer service-area map. The name on the page is the facility name on that map, such as a treatment plant or a municipal system. The area is the adopted service area. It is the planning boundary for that system.
Water comes from the state’s 2017 public community water purveyor service areas. Those are systems that pipe water for human consumption to at least 15 year-round connections, or that regularly serve at least 25 year-round residents. The boundary on the map is the delivery area. Franchise areas, the places with a legal right to serve land once it is developed, are not on this map. A water source, such as a well field, can sit outside the delivery area and still supply the system.
Some water areas are marked by the state as a wholesale supplier. When that is the only water area at the point, the page names it and says the state marks it as a wholesale supplier. Please verify with the provider. When a local delivery area and a wholesale area both cover the point, the page names the local system.
What a reading is
The page places a Census point for the street address, then asks each map whether that point falls inside a polygon. The point can fall in the street. A reading is the service area at that point.
Inside a named area means the point is inside that mapped system. Please verify a connection with the provider. Outside the area means the point is outside the mapped service area, which is usually a septic system or a private well. Please verify.
If a map does not answer, the page says that map did not respond. It does not guess well or septic when the map is silent.
Two addresses
1188 Walter Blvd, Stafford Township, Ocean County. The address point falls inside the OCUA Southern sewer system and inside the Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West water system. The property page names both and asks you to verify with the provider. Open that property · Stafford Twp.
23 Walnut St, Hope Township, Warren County. The address point falls outside both maps. The property page says the lot is most likely on septic and most likely on a well, and it asks you to verify. Open that property · Hope Twp.
What stays off this line
The water and sewer lines do not show electric territory, gas territory, a lead service line, a meter number, or a hookup date. Owner names are not shown. The tax assessment, the estimated tax, building permits, and the flood zone are separate sections on the same property page.