Bellmawr Water Dept, 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
Bellmawr Water Dept serves about 9,522 people through 2,815 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 Camden County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0404001; phone on file: 856-931-5721. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bellmawr Water Dept's lead record
That is down 2.7 ppb from 2.7 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bellmawr Water Dept is 3.3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 3.3 ppb |
How Bellmawr Water Dept 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. Bellmawr Water Dept's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in New Jersey and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Camden County; 11 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bellmawr Water Dept. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Merchantville Pennsauken | 47,144 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Camden | 46,585 | 1 ppb |
| Aqua Nj - Blackwood | 44,396 | 0 (not detected) |
| Winslow Twp Dmu | 39,174 | 0.66 ppb |
| Collingswood Water Depar | 24,500 | 0 (not detected) |
| Berlin Water Department | 12,991 | 1.82 ppb |
| Gloucester City W Dept | 12,460 | 2.61 ppb |
| Haddon Twp Water Departm | 11,938 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Hill Borough Mua | 10,233 | 3.1 ppb |
| Clementon Water Department | 5,000 | 1.86 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Bellmawr Water Dept'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 Bellmawr Water Dept 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.