Atlantic Highlands Water, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.56 ppb (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. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About Atlantic Highlands Water
Atlantic Highlands Water serves about 4,385 people through 1,800 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Monmouth County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1304001; phone on file: 732-904-5510. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Atlantic Highlands Water's lead record
That is up 1.56 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Atlantic Highlands Water is 1.56 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.56 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Atlantic Highlands Water compares
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. Atlantic Highlands Water's 1.56 ppb sits at the 59th percentile in New Jersey and the 64th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Monmouth County
35 other systems share Monmouth County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Atlantic Highlands Water. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Gordons Corner Water Co | 46,196 | 0.7 ppb |
| Freehold Twp Water Dept | 29,831 | 0 (not detected) |
| Marlboro Township Water Utility Division | 29,480 | 1 ppb |
| Wall Twp Water Dept | 26,000 | 0.52 ppb |
| Belmar Water Dept | 20,000 | 0.77 ppb |
| Manasquan Water Departme | 14,000 | 0.96 ppb |
| Red Bank Water Dept | 12,520 | 1.7 ppb |
| Spring Lake Water Department | 11,270 | 0 (not detected) |
| Freehold Borough Water D | 11,029 | 0.2 ppb |
| Keansburg Water & Sewer Dept. | 10,105 | 0.56 ppb |
Next steps for Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Atlantic Highlands, 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 Atlantic Highlands Water 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.