Berlin Water Department, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.82 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. 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 Berlin Water Department
Berlin Water Department serves about 12,991 people through 5,200 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Camden County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0405001. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.63 ppb from 3.45 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Berlin Water Department is 9.4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.82 ppb |
| 2023 | 3.45 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2017 | 9.4 ppb |
How Berlin Water Department 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. Berlin Water Department's 1.82 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in New Jersey and the 68th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Camden County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Berlin Water Department. 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) |
| 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 |
| Bellmawr Water Dept | 9,522 | 0 (not detected) |
| Clementon Water Department | 5,000 | 1.86 ppb |
Next steps for Berlin, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Berlin, 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 Berlin Water Department 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.