Brick Township Mua, NJ
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.52 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. 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 Brick Township Mua
Brick Township Mua serves about 81,829 people through 36,240 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 Ocean County, New Jersey. EPA system ID: NJ1506001; phone on file: 732-458-7000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (0.94 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Brick Township Mua is 11.92 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.52 ppb |
| 2025 | 0.94 ppb |
| 2024 | 0.74 ppb |
| 2023 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2022 | 0.8 ppb |
| 2021 | 0.66 ppb |
| 2020 | 1.25 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.32 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.95 ppb |
| 2017 | 2.95 ppb |
| 2017 | 4.81 ppb |
| 2016 | 4.72 ppb |
| 2016 | 11.92 ppb over 10 |
How Brick Township Mua 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. Brick Township Mua's 0.52 ppb sits at the 43rd percentile in New Jersey and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ocean County
54 other systems share Ocean County; 31 of them have a higher latest lead result than Brick Township Mua. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Veolia Water New Jersey Toms River | 123,184 | 1.1 ppb |
| Jackson Twp Mua | 37,224 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stafford Twp Water - Beach Haven West | 30,608 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lacey Twp Mua | 29,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lakewood Twp Mua | 27,614 | 2.12 ppb |
| Long Beach Twp Brant Bea | 25,300 | 1.2 ppb |
| Lavallette Water Dept | 25,000 | 1.19 ppb |
| Little Egg Harbor Twp Mu | 24,215 | 2 ppb |
| Manchester Twp Water Utility - Eastern | 23,980 | 0.4 ppb |
| Beach Haven Water Dept | 20,000 | 2.6 ppb |
Next steps for Brick Twp, NJ
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Brick Twp, 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 Brick Township Mua 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.