Borough Of Clayton, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.17 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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 Borough Of Clayton
Borough Of Clayton serves about 8,179 people through 2,748 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 Gloucester County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0801001; phone on file: 856-881-3778. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 4.13 ppb from 5.3 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Borough Of Clayton is 5.3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.17 ppb |
| 2022 | 5.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.8 ppb |
| 2016 | 3.6 ppb |
How Borough Of Clayton 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. Borough Of Clayton's 1.17 ppb sits at the 54th percentile in New Jersey and the 58th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
25 other systems share Gloucester County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Borough Of Clayton. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Township Mua | 48,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Deptford Twp Mua | 30,561 | 0 (not detected) |
| Monroe Municipal Utilities Authority | 26,179 | 1.98 ppb |
| Glassboro Water Department | 24,244 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Deptford Twp Water Dept | 22,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mantua Township Mua | 12,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Woodbury City W Dept | 10,263 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Greenwich Twp Water Dept | 9,900 | 4 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Harrison | 9,193 | 1 ppb |
| Pitman Water Department | 7,896 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Clayton, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clayton, 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 Borough Of Clayton 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.