Aqua Nj - Brainards, NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Aqua Nj - Brainards serves about 135 people through 52 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Warren County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ2110001; phone on file: 609-618-3850. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.3 ppb from 2.3 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aqua Nj - Brainards is 2.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.3 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 605 New Jersey systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 5 are over 15 ppb right now and 52 have gone over at some point. Aqua Nj - Brainards's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in New Jersey and the 12th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Warren County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aqua Nj - Brainards. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Nj - Phillipsburg | 26,686 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hackettstown Mua | 22,000 | 5 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Washington/Oxford | 10,719 | 1 ppb |
| Allamuchy Twp Water & Sewer | 5,423 | 2.6 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Belvidere | 2,854 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alpha Municipal Water Works | 2,530 | 12 ppb |
| Township Of Blairstown Dpw | 800 | 1.01 ppb |
| Veolia Water Nj Independence Highland | 350 | 3.84 ppb |
| Country View Village, Llc | 310 | 1.14 ppb |
| Forest Manor Retirement Home | 224 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hamilton, NJ
Look up your address in Aqua Nj - Brainards's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aqua Nj - Brainards whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.