The Montgomery Township Housing Development Site is in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. About 13 households in the development used private wells that became contaminated with organic chemicals, including trichloroethylene.
Residents now use municipal water.
The State has not been able to identify the source of contamination. It will guide further actions at the site. The State continues to collect ground water samples at the site to locate the plume of contamination. The description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.