Aqua Nj - Bunnvale, NJ
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Aqua Nj - Bunnvale at a glance
Aqua Nj - Bunnvale serves about 252 people through 97 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1019001; phone on file: 609-618-3850. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 8.5 ppb from 2.5 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Aqua Nj - Bunnvale is 11 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2023 | 2.5 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2.3 ppb |
Against other New Jersey systems
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 - Bunnvale's 11 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in New Jersey and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Hunterdon County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Aqua Nj - Bunnvale. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton Water Dept | 12,500 | 6.8 ppb |
| Flemington Water Department | 4,581 | 3.4 ppb |
| Veolia Water New Jersey Lambertville | 3,960 | 1 ppb |
| High Bridge W Dept | 3,300 | 6.7 ppb |
| Glen Gardner W Dept | 1,705 | 1.5 ppb |
| Milford W Dept | 1,453 | 2.5 ppb |
| Hampton Borough Water Depart | 1,401 | 1.5 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Frenchtown | 1,373 | 0 (not detected) |
| Edna Mahan Correctional | 940 | 3 ppb |
| Aqua Nj - Califon | 936 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Hamilton, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hamilton, NJ may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Aqua Nj - Bunnvale 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.