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Pompton River
Watershed

Sections of the Pompton River around Packanack Lake are contaminated by the following pollutants
  • fecal coliform
  • total phosphorus
Sections of the Pompton Lake are contaminated by the following pollutants
  • mercury in fish

The chemical/violation listing on this page is from the Appendix of the 305 (b).
The 305 (b) is a public document provided by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Some of the Known Effects are from "A Consumer's Guide to the Nation's Drinking Water" from the Environmental Protection Agency 1997, The New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection's "Environmental Indicators Technical Report" and the New Jersey Community Water Watch Stream Walking Guide, from the New Jersey Community Water Watch 1999.

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