Bordentown Water Departm, NJ
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.19 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
About Bordentown Water Departm
Bordentown Water Departm serves about 15,821 people through 5,180 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 groundwater, in Burlington County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0303001; phone on file: 609-585-3332. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Bordentown Water Departm's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1.33 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bordentown Water Departm is 76 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, 5 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.19 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.33 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1.56 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.56 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3.4 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.34 ppb |
| 2020 | 7.7 ppb |
| 2020 | 4.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 25 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 40 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 76 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 43.1 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 30 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 0.74 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. Bordentown Water Departm's 2.19 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in New Jersey and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Burlington County
45 other systems share Burlington County; 10 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bordentown Water Departm. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nj American Water - Mount Holly | 47,427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evesham Mua | 45,538 | 1.4 ppb |
| Mt Laurel Twp Mua | 41,743 | 1.8 ppb |
| Willingboro Mua | 35,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Burlington Twp W Dept | 27,000 | 3.81 ppb |
| Moorestown Water Dept | 20,700 | 2 ppb |
| Maple Shade Water Department | 19,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Medford Twp Dept Of Muni | 17,272 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jbmdl-Dix Main System | 12,765 | 0.3 ppb |
| Pemberton Twp Dept Main | 12,378 | 1.25 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bordentown, 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 Bordentown Water Departm 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.