Jersey City—By the Numbers

United Water Jersey City serves customers in Jersey City. We also provide wholesale water to Hoboken, West Caldwell, Montville, and Lyndhurst.

Below are some facts and figures about the Jersey City water system:

Service area population 242,000 in jersey city
Customers served 36,000 in jersey city
Employees 53
Water delivered in 2009 18.2 million gallons
Average daily demand 50 million gallons
Peak demand 80 million gallons
Miles of main 300
Operating Wells 0
Hydrants 3,800
Size of watershed 120 square miles
Boonton Reservoir capacity 8 billion gallons
Split Rock Reservoir capacity 3.3 billion gallons


For more facts and figures, or to print a copy, please view our:
United Water Jersey City Fact Sheet.