Borough Of Woodbine, NJ
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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 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.
Borough Of Woodbine at a glance
Borough Of Woodbine serves about 2,650 people through 534 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cape May County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ0516001; phone on file: 609-861-2153. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Borough Of Woodbine is 6.1 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 4.78 ppb |
| 2024 | 1.17 ppb |
| 2024 | 2.42 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.36 ppb |
| 2023 | 1.66 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.89 ppb |
| 2022 | 1.92 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.12 ppb |
| 2021 | 3.2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.97 ppb |
| 2020 | 3.3 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 6.1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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 Woodbine's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 27th percentile in New Jersey and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
23 other systems share Cape May County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Borough Of Woodbine. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Wildwood City Water Department | 218,472 | 5.8 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Ocean City | 127,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avalon Water And Sewerage Utilities | 39,839 | 1.17 ppb |
| Cape May Water & Sewer U | 35,000 | 2.46 ppb |
| Stone Harbor Water Dept | 30,850 | 3.03 ppb |
| Sea Isle City Water Department | 15,800 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lower Twp Mua | 12,416 | 5.1 ppb |
| Nj American Water - Cape May Court House | 5,625 | 1 ppb |
| West Cape May Water Dept | 4,427 | 2.39 ppb |
| Cape May Point Boro Wate | 4,000 | 4.4 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Borough Of Woodbine'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 Borough Of Woodbine whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1860 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.